英语作文-安乐死的合法化

Topic: Euthanasia should be legalized.
Tagore once said: let life be beautiful like summer flowers, and death like autumn leaves. Death should not be a process which is passive, desperate, filled with endless suffering instead it could be active, peaceful and decent. Euthanasia grants those who struggle with terminal illness or incurable morbidity merciful death, reflecting respect for autonomy of life. According to the modern medical ethics, social morality and the fundamental spirit of the criminal law and the constitution, therefore we have reasons to believe that euthanasia is reasonable and should be legalized from the perspective of philosophy, ethics and law. (97)
Firstly, euthanasia is beneficial to those who suffer from fatal illness from a philosophical perspective. As we know, it is the degree of happiness rather than the length of life that embodies the life value. Obviously, euthanasia is a wiser and happier choice compared with living in long-term anguish, helplessness and mortal fear. Furthermore, people enjoy the right to live as well as the right to die, so the legalization of the euthanasia reflects respect for people’s life, personality and dignity.
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Besides philosophical rationality, euthanasia also conforms to the modern medical ethics and social ethics. Bacon once said：A doctor's duty is not only to cure diseases of the patients, but also to alleviate their suffering and sorrow. For the hopeless patients, advanced medical technologies just delay the breakdown, prolonging
physical and mental suffering of them, increasing the psychological and economic burden of their family, squandering pharmaceutical resources of our society, in some way, violating the modern medical ethics and social ethics. (82)
The main focus of euthanasia controversy should rests on whether it constitute a crime or not，not on its philosophical or ethical rationality. In my opinion, the implementation of euthanasia does not violate criminal policy. Firstly, the essence of crime is its serious harm to our society. Obviously, euthanasia isn’t harmful to our society. By contrast, it benefits our society for saving pharmaceutical resources. Moreover, the purpose of legislation is to maintain the social order and ensure the normal life of the citizens so punishment about euthanasia is unnecessary. (90)。