Part one of term paper
A person is in the hospital dying from an incurable disease. He is in excruciating pain. His body is withering away and the medication he is taking is only prolonging his death. He decides he wants to stop his treatment so he can die quickly. The doctor withholds his treatment but the man does not die for another two weeks. During those ...

Part two of term paper
... die is better than actually killing that person. They believe that no action is better than taking the wrong action. People believe that to be the cause of someone’s death is wrong. No one wants to be blamed for someone’s death, so people believe passive euthanasia is acceptable because the doctor is not actually killing the patient. People believe that a doctor should not play God and make decisions concerning someone else’s life. What happens if a cure is found for the disease? The si ...