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euthanasia

i was watching a hong kong drama recently and the topic of euthanasia came up. it reminded me of the time when i just went into jc. the very 1st GP essay that i had to write was about euthanasia. did quite a lot of research just to write that essay. euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. i think voluntary euthanasia is the most talked about topic. it's actually when the person who is killed has requested to be killed. why do people request to be killed then? most of the time, it is because they are suffering from a terminal illness/disease. a few reasons why these people have requested for euthanasia to be performed: (1) they do not want to suffer anymore (2) they do not want to be a burden to anyone, especially their family (3) they are also suffering from clinical depression so, should euthanasia be legalised? it's actually quite contradicting. we are always talking about human rights. we have the ri...