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Austin Finnegan 4T Euthanasia Past Paper Question 1) Describe different responses to Euthanasia. Euthanasia comes from the Greek word to 'die well'. In everyday speech, euthanasia is described as the act of killing a person who is suffering from a distressing mental or physical condition. Many people get the meaning of Euthanasia wrong and they think it includes stopping treatment, treating pain, or switching off respirators, this is not euthanasia. Euthanasia is where a doctor or friend intentionally ends a person's life to 'finish their suffering', this is euthanasia. There are two types of euthanasia, 'voluntary' and 'compulsory'. Voluntary euthanasia is where a person makes the decision to end his/her life, whereas compulsory euthanasia is where someone else (usually a doctor, or family member) makes that decision. There are many different responses to euthanasia. According to Christian belief, all human life is sacred as people were made as God's special creation and each...

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