英语作文-安乐死的合法化.docx

Topic:Euthanasia should be legalized.Tagore once said: let life be beautiful like summer flowers, and death like autumn leaves.Death should notbe a process which is passive,desperate, filledwith endless sufferinginstead itcould be active, peaceful and decent.Euthanasia grants those who struggle with terminal illness or incurable morbiditymerciful death, reflecting respect for autonomy of life.Accordingto themodern medical ethics, social moralityand the fundamental spirit of the criminal law and the constitution, thereforewe have reasons to believe that euthanasia is reasonable and should be legalized from the perspective of philosophy, ethics and law.(97)Firstly, euthanasia is beneficial to those who suffer from fatal illness from a philosophical perspective. As we know, it is the degree of happiness rather than the length of life that embodies the life value. Obviously, euthanasia is a wiser and happier choice compared with living in long-term anguish, helplessness and mortal fear. Furthermore, people enjoy the right to live as well as the right to die, so the legalization of the euthanasia reflects respectfor people’s life, personality and dignity.(81)Besides philosophical rationality,euthanasia also conforms tothe modern medical ethics and social ethics. Bacon once said：A doctors duty is not only to cure diseases of the patients, but also to alleviate their suffering and sorrow. For the hopeless patients, advanced medical technologies just delay the breakdown, prolonging physical and mental suffering of them, increasing the psychological and economic burden of their family, squandering pharmaceutical resources of our society, in some way, violating the modern medical ethics and social ethics.(82)The main focus of euthanasia controversy should rests on whether it constitute a crime or not，not on its philosophical or ethical rationality.In my opinion, the implementation of euthanasiadoes not violate criminal policy. Firstly,the essence of crime is itsseriousharm t