2. Jared McGahee1 By Jared McGahee

3. Jared McGahee2 The Ethical Debate  Medical Debate  Philosophical Debate  Religious Debate

4. Jared McGahee3 Medical Debate Euthanasia could eliminate the pain that terminally ill patients go through. Give patients the right for a pain free death

5. Jared McGahee4 Medical Debate Cont. Doctors could give them a pain free death by injecting the patient with an overdose of a certain medicine

6. Jared McGahee5 Philosophical Debate “euthanasia” derives from Greek- means “good death” Many ancient western philosophers have thought euthanasia was acceptable in certain situations. These great philosophers include: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.

7. Jared McGahee6 Philosophical Debate Cont. Plato thought euthanasia was harmful to character except in certain cases where the patient was extremely ill or in deep suffering.

8. Jared McGahee7 Religious Debate Jewish and Christian thinkers have generally opposed suicide because they thought the patient was not fulfilling their duty to God. These arguments have shaped Christian thought for centuries.

9. Jared McGahee8 Religious Debate Cont. The Religious debate centers around God having control of your life and not the individual.

10. Jared McGahee9 Suicide vs. Homicide Suicides (Ninth leading cause of death in U.S) Homicides 31,00020,000

11. Jared McGahee10 Reference Slide History of Euthanasia. International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assissted Suicide. 2002. Marker Rita L., Problems with Euthanasia. 2002. Ethical aspects of Euthanasia. 2002. Religious Aspects of Euthanasia. 2002.

12. Jared McGahee11 Credits This is a project for Internet Technology. Pers 2730 Mr. Wing Lee