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Discursive Essay on Euthanasia What is euthanasia? The word euthanasia originates from the Greek language, meaning good death. It is any action intended in ending the life of a human being on the grounds that their life is no longer worth living. It also means a gentle and easy death, but is a premature ending to life necessarily the best thing to do? If you asked someone who is involved in caring for the terminally ill, they would probably disagree, but there are some people in this "modern" world who are fighting to make assisted suicide legal. This all started in the early nineteenth century. It was 1806, when Dr. Cristoph Hufeland, wrote that, "The physician should and may do nothing else but preserve the life. Whether it is valuable or not, that is none of his business. If he once permits such considerations to influence his action, the doctor will become...

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