Part one of term paper
"It is conceivable, that life can deteriorate to the point where persons lose their dignity and self-respect and are unable to communicate; life in such a form no longer meets meets the basic criteria of human-ness." (O'Keefe, A1) Under these circumstances only should be practiced and then only passively ("pulling the plug”). “Dutch D ...

Part two of term paper
... to end their life prematurely, saying that they are going to die anyway, why bother with waiting. It is the same with anyone. Everyone will eventually die, so why doesn't every one just kill themselves now? It is because there are things they want to do and see, there is life they still have yet to experience. The same thing is true for a terminably ill person, they could do alot in that six months. They write an autobiography or a novel, do a lot of reading or traveling, who knows? It has ...