In 1995, Karen lived as a vegetable and her parents asked the doctor disconnecting the respirator form her. Parents decided that death can release her from the suffering. Next year, ‘Justice of the Supreme Court’ said that “We don’t have evidences that Karen have to keep her life like vegetable.” On the other hand, some eugenicist said under the Nazi that “People who have incurable illness or who is a physically challenged person should be killed because they don’t have any worth to live life.” Still, mercy killing is hot potatoes in this society. However, people should not accept mercy killing even passive euthanasia because medical science keep developing even right now, nobody knows that people who don’t have consciousness want to die and the patient might be able to choose to die because of high hospital bills.
To begin with, nobody can judge steps of impossible recovering. Medical science keeps developing even right now. Even though doctor judge that the patient cannot recover today, drugs or treatment may be developed tomorrow. Nobody can have conviction of their judge at that time.
In addition, people cannot know that patient who does not have conscious want to die. Even though the patient filled out the agreement paper before he or she lost heir conscious, in front of the death, they might want to choose that keep their life. Taking a breath is the basic instinct thing. People cannot control taking a breath with rational. If a man who wants to suicide falling in the river, but suddenly he shout in the water ‘help! Help!’ do we have to save him? Of course, the safe guard goes to the river to save him. If a man who wants to suicide so falls in the water and just stays in water without any asking, do we have to save him? Of course, the safe guard has to go there to save him. Lastly, if one man who wants to suicide falling in the river and ask the safe guard “Please, let me die, don’t save me,” what is the next reaction of the safe guard? Of course, the safe guard has to save him. However, why people just try to find excuse to give up the patient life?
Also, people have to understand the patients’ suppress because of the hospital’s bills. If the patients have chance to choose about their death, they must be forced by other condition around them. Under the suppress situation, they cannot select what they really want to do about their life, even though they want to hold their life. Patients feel uncomfortable that their family is suffering because of themselves. This fact forces them to sign the euthanasia agreement paper.
Many people said that death is the end of the life. Yes, of course. However, at the same time death is also one of the processes of the life. We have to treat the death carefully. People must not find more excuses to give up their life.