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Essay Writing 14-27
Exercise 2: Expanding from Paragraphs to Essays
Possible answer:
From my point of view, there are Euthanasia is the practice of killing someone who is
several reasons why euthanasia very ill and will never get better in order to end their
should be illegal. suffering, usually done at their request or with their
consent. More and more people argue for such a practice.
From my point of view, there are several reasons why
euthanasia should be illegal.
First of all, it is clearly unethical First of all, it is clearly unethical to force involuntary death.
to force involuntary death. According to the Buddhist precepts and other religious be-
liefs, we have no right to take someone else’s life. The only
one who can choose to be dead or alive is not the doctor
nor the patients’ siblings or friends, but only the patient
himself doing so with full consciousness. So no one can tell
the doctor to unplug the life-support machine unless the
patient requests an end to his life.
Another reason for not supporting Another reason for not supporting mercy killing is that it may
mercy killing is that it may be be possible to discover ways of healing terminal diseases
possible to discover ways of in the future. Even when a patient has been diagnosed as
healing terminal diseases in the having no chance of recovery, sometimes the diagnosis is
future. mistaken. On the other hand, if we still keep the patient
in a stable condition, someday scientists may discover a
method to cure or at least alleviate the disease.
Lastly, the claim that the pa- Lastly, the claim that the patient’s family will suffer from
tient’s family will suffer from their their sickness is not a reasonable excuse. People are willing
sickness is not a reasonable to come and visit their loved ones. They want to be his or
excuse. her supporters and want the patient to feel better, knowing
that there are many people who care. Most of all, families
believe that visiting the patient regularly might help the
patient to have a speedy recovery.
