From a religious perspective, life is given to us by God and that nobody can have the right to take away our lives except for God. However, in today’s society, taking away of other’s life are is still seen. They come in forms like capital punishment, murder cases, suicide and euthanasia. I feel that taking someone’s life is morally incorrect as we do not have the right to pull the plug on someone’s life. Also, I feel that God is the only one that can take away life because he is the one who created us.
Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. In short, it means legal suicide. Normally, In countries where it is legal, doctors used to adopt this method to relieve the pain of the patients by putting them to “sleep”. However, this is abused by some family members who are greedy. For example, they may bribe the doctor into using euthanasia so that the family members can inherit the patient’s properties or wealth. Although euthanasia is legal, I believe that the taking of life should not be done by others but by God himself. However, this is from a religious stand point. From a legal stand point, let’s take Dignitas as an example. Dignitas is an organization located in Switzerland, that ends the life of people with assisted dying organization that helps those with a terminal illness and severe mental illness to die assisted by qualified doctors. In addition, they provide assisted death to people provided they are of sound judgment and submit to an in-depth medical report prepared by a psychiatrist that establishes the patients’ condition, as required by Swiss Courts. This form of euthanasia is legally correct. However, in some cases, euthanasia is not legally correct too. Jack Kevorkian, commonly known as “Doctor Death” was a euthanasia activist. He was arrested and tried for his direct row involvement in a case of voluntary euthanasia.
In addition, the Government also plays a part in pulling the plug of others life. The death of serious offenders are presumed to be correct, however, criminals are still humans and they deserve equal rights as we do. Deontology is an ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to a rule or rules. Utilitarianism is a theory in normative ethics holding that the proper course of action is one that maximizes utility, specifically defined as maximizing happiness and reducing suffering. This can be contrasted with deontological ethics. Although the role of the government is to protect its citizens, taking the life of a human should be deemed wrong. Philosophy concept like deontology forbids the taking of life, promoting that we should all act on a strong moral compass.
Last of all, Vigilante. In some cases “vigilante justice” is rationalized by the idea that adequate legal mechanisms for criminal punishment are either nonexistent or insufficient. Vigilantes typically see government as ineffective in enforcing the law, and such individuals often presume to justify their actions as fulfilment of the wishes of “the community”.Persons alleged to be “escaping the law” or “above the law” are sometimes the victims of vigilantism. Although doctors can play a role in easing the pain of a patient, and in other instances, the government can keep the peace and offer retribution to its citizens by capital punishment, in practical and moral points of view In conclusion, nobody has the right to pull the plug of someone else life because it goes against religious doctrine.