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A Definitive Argument On Euthanasia
Euthanasia is a very controversial topic, one that provokes both anger and sympathy. There are considered to be two kinds of euthanasia: passive and active. Passive euthanasia is to withhold treatment and allow a patient to die of his or her given disease. Active euthanasia is to take direct action to end the patient’s life, whether it is a lethal injection or an overdose of sleeping pills. In James Rachel’s article “Mercy Killing and the Right to Die”, he outlines these two actions and argu....
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