Argumentative Essay

Topic: Euthanasia

OUTLINE:

Pattern 1
I. Introduction
II. Pro idea 1: Ill people stop suffering
III. Pro idea 2: Helps families’ sustainability
IV. Counterargument/refutation: Against good customs, values and religion/statistics demonstrate that we as humans have the right to die.
IV. Conclusion

Euthanasia

Euthanasia must be considered legal because it is “a way of relieving people’s pain and save them from the tortures of their illness” (List of Argument Essay Topics, n.d.). If euthanasia goes on, the patients would not be the only ones that would stop suffering, but also the people that surround them. If you know a person that has a terminal disease, you should know that the best option to get rid of the suffering is euthanasia. If you think in this way, it is because you love and want the well-being of that person. But if you still think that euthanasia is not the best option, and that it should not be legalized, let me give you two reasons why euthanasia helps patients to have a better life.

The main reason why euthanasia should be considered legal is because it helps ill people to stop suffering. If you aid or assist euthanasia, you would help those people with the big agony that they have to deal with, since their suffering will come to an end. I know that you will be in disposition to help them because euthanasia also helps those people to be in peace. You are probably thinking that medicines can also help the patients feel better, but you have to know that medication only relieves pain just for a while, and that sometimes this does not work in extreme cases. Another thing you have to know as an unbeliever is that euthanasia also helps those people that surround the patients, since they also suffer the same agony. To summarized, euthanasia is the step we must take to leave behind all suffering.

A second important reason why euthanasia is the best option for those that have a terminal illness is because if it is carried out you will help those patients with the sustainability of their families. You might think that this is not a good reason why euthanasia should be considered legal, but let me tell you that in these cases those people who are suffering, the last thing they want is that you as his/her family pay more medication, hospitals and treatments. But if you still think that this is not a good reason, try to be in the shoes of those people who are almost dying. Now tell me, what do you think about this? If you really are in the place of these people your thought must be that you do not need more suffering then the one you have, since the last thing you wish is to lead to your family economical problems or a bankruptcy. To sum up, assisted suicide helps ill people to leave this world in peace, since they will not feel remorse for leaving debts to his/her families.

However, other people believe that euthanasia is against the good customs and values that we as humans have. Moreover, these people think that euthanasia is a method that humans might not do because the religion says that God is the only one who has the right to decide when, how and where people will die (Van Tongerloo, n.d., para. 2). On the other hand, “a fully 70% of 1, 500 people say that there are circumstances when patients should be allowed to die, while just 22% believe that doctors and nurses should always do everything possible to save a patient” (Strong Public Support for the Right to Die, 2006, para. 1). Now you have noticed that most people think that we as humans have the right to die, and that if we carry out this right, we will not be worse people, since all we want is to feel better, and this is not a sin that prevents us from having those good customs and values that we were taught since childhood.

In conclusion, euthanasia should be considered legal because if we help it to be carried out, we will help those people who are suffering, to relieve that unbearable pain they feel, and also because it will help the sustainability of families that have ill people. If you want to prove that euthanasia is the best option you only have to take a look in some statistics that show that sick people prefer euthanasia as a good option to get rid of the suffering.

References

Good essay topics. (n.d.). Argumentative Essay Topics. List of Argument Essay Topics. Retrieved November 1st, 2010, from http://www.goodessaytopics.com/argumentative-essay-topics.html
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. (2006, January 5). Strong Public Support for the Right to Die. Retrieved November 1st, 2010, from http://people-press.org/report/266/strong-public-support-for-right-to-die
Van Tongerloo, E. (n.d.). Arguments against euthanasia. Retrieved November 1st, 2010, from http://www.helium.com/items/65132-arguments-against-euthanasia