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The Good Death
Euthanasia has been a hotly debated social question for many years. For many reasons people ask for assistance to end their lives. It is legal in most states for a person to end their own life, but if someone helps someone carry out that wish, then that is a crime. It shouldn’t be illegal to help someone end their life if they wish to die to end their pain. The only sensible thing would be to legalize physician assisted suicide so that people can feel comfortable and pass away in a controlled environment. Assisted suicide is becoming more acceptable in American culture. Euthanasia has been a medical, moral, and even religious issue over the years and is slowly moving towards legalization.
Euthanasia means the good death that stems from the Greek word eu meaning “good” and thanatos meaning “death” (Robinson). There are three different types of euthanasia. First there is passive euthanasia. This is when life support systems are removed, medical......

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