The right to die: the question of law or ethics

The right to die: the question of law or ethics

In recent months, the British followed the progress of legal struggle hopelessly ill Tony Niklinsona for the right to die voluntarily. Mr. Niklinson seeking an enforceable right to die with the help of doctors who enter him a lethal dose of sleeping pills.

Recently Niklinsonu court refused, citing the current UK legislation. But this man is not going to give up, planning to appeal the decision.

My friends and acquaintances in recent weeks often ask me whether the court had the right to deny Tony Niklinsonu. Acting as a lawyer, I am one hundred percent sure of the rightness of the court. However, I believe that the case of the right to die is not so much legal as an ethical issue.

I’m not going to think about Richard Marsh, whose history is to some extent similar to the story of Tony Niklinsona. Yes, Marsh also suffered a stroke that made him helpless. However, Richard Marsh happen almost completely recover from the disease. As I understand it, Mr. Niklinson no chance that the functions of his body to recover.

However, I can not recall the inspiring example of the famous physicist Stephen Hawking. This man also lost the ability to move independently and care for themselves. But many years he has been teaching at the university, engaged in science and even went into space.

And even the example of Stephen Hawking can not be used to talk about the ethical validity of Tony Niklinsona desire to die. Each person is unique and unrepeatable, so his life and destiny better addressed outside the context of other people’s lives.

I discussed the matter with friends Tony Niklinsona doctors. Three of the four doctors with whom I spoke said that he personally would make Mr. Niklinsonu injection sedative to relieve his suffering. They would go to this step, if euthanasia was legalized in this country.

I also spoke with the priest at the church I attended as a child. He said that people should not willingly give up life, even if it is filled with suffering.

As I mentioned, from a legal point of view, I support the decision of the court, which rejected Tony Niklinsonu the right to die. As I consider this question from an ethical point of view? I do not know. I just want to pray for this man. I think, in this prayer, I support all British.

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