Oh dear am I going to open a can of worms here but...would you extend the same reasoning (people should not be making the decision when someone needs to die) to pets? We euthenize pets every day...for a myriad of reasons...including "there isn't anything else that can be done to help this animal."
Humans do not equal animals. We're rational creatures (mostly) who think and are, for lack of a better word, sentient. However, animals are many times just as loved (if not more in some cases) a member of the family ("pack") as a person. I called my two with Mike my "step dogs" because they were just as loved as any child I've seen. Note: I think animals deserve pallative care if possible...however, I do see the utility of euthanization when the animal could become a harm to society if the pain becomes too great (i.e. the dog starts lashing out and biting folks...which I've witnessed).
Is there anything that can be understood from animal euthanization that would illuminate "human euthanization"? (If this is going off on some tangent you are not wanting to go on, just tell me...)
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Date: 2010-06-25 01:24 am (UTC)Humans do not equal animals. We're rational creatures (mostly) who think and are, for lack of a better word, sentient. However, animals are many times just as loved (if not more in some cases) a member of the family ("pack") as a person. I called my two with Mike my "step dogs" because they were just as loved as any child I've seen. Note: I think animals deserve pallative care if possible...however, I do see the utility of euthanization when the animal could become a harm to society if the pain becomes too great (i.e. the dog starts lashing out and biting folks...which I've witnessed).
Is there anything that can be understood from animal euthanization that would illuminate "human euthanization"? (If this is going off on some tangent you are not wanting to go on, just tell me...)