By: Benjamin Frattini, Ken Saxton, Karl Meissner, Anthony Collado Period 2

1. By: Benjamin Frattini, Ken Saxton, Karl Meissner, Anthony ColladoPeriod 2

2. Euthanasia Video http://rt.com/news/journalist-euthanasia-disabled-newborns/

3. Euthanasia Definitions • Euthanasia: the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit.  http://www.euthanasia.com/definitions.html

4. Euthanasia Definitions • Voluntary euthanasia:    The person killed has requested to be killed. • Non-voluntary: When the person who is killed made no request and gave no consent. http://www.euthanasia.com/definitions.html

5. Euthanasia Definitions • Involuntary euthanasia: When the person who is killed made an expressed wish to the contrary.  http://www.euthanasia.com/definitions.html

6. Euthanasia Definitions • Assisted suicide: Someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life.  http://www.euthanasia.com/definitions.html

7. Euthanasia Definitions • Euthanasia By Action: Intentionally causing a person's death by performing an action such as by giving a lethal injection.  http://www.euthanasia.com/definitions.html

8. Euthanasia Definitions • Euthanasia By Omission: Intentionally causing death by not providing necessary and ordinary (usual and customary) care or food and water.  http://www.euthanasia.com/definitions.html

9. Euthanasia Definitions Not euthanasia unless death is intentionally caused. Thus, some medical actions sometimes labeled "passive euthanasia" are not euthanasia because intention to take life is lacking. http://www.euthanasia.com/definitions.html

10.                        Statistics Study in Oregon after law allowed physician-assisted suicide Suicides almost doubled, but only about 40 out of 10,000 deaths per year Not common practice http://www.euthanasia.com/deaths2003.html

11. Dr. Jack Kevorkian • Assisted-suicide advocate, launched campaign for “right to die” • Tried for murder for his     assists, convicted in 1999 • Saw euthanasia as “helping     a suffering patient” http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/03/report-dr-jack-kevorkian-dead

12. Dr. Jack Kevorkian • Believed laws limiting euthanasia,   as well as limiting smoking, etc.   were infringement on rights • Died in June 2011 http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/03/report-dr-jack-kevorkian-dead

13. Pros and Cons • PROS • It provides a way to relieve extreme pain • It provides a way of relief when a person's quality of life is low http://www.euthanasia.com/proscons.html

14. Pros and Cons • PROS • Frees up medical funds to help other people • It is another case •     of freedom of choice http://www.euthanasia.com/proscons.html

15. Pros and Cons • PROS • The right to life includes the right to die. • Death is the opposite of life, but the process of dying is part of life. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia/infavour/infavour_1.shtml

16. Pros and Cons •     CONS • Euthanasia devalues human life • Euthanasia can become a means of health care cost containment • Doctors should not be involved in directly causing death http://www.euthanasia.com/proscons.html

17. Pros and Cons •     CONS • Mercy killing is morally incorrect and should be forbidden by law. • Is a homicide • Murdering another human cannot be rationalized under any circumstances http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia/infavour/infavour_1.shtml

18. Catholic Church's Perspective • Against Euthanasia • Believe that life is a gift from God • We are all made in God's image • Morally wrong • "Thou shall not kill"  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/christianethics/euthanasia_1.shtml#h2

19. Catholic Church's Perspective • The Catholic Church does not believe that people have a right to die. • Humans are free, but they cannot take their own lives. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/christianethics/euthanasia_1.shtml#h2

20. Catholic Church's Perspective • The Catholic Church does believe that it is morally acceptable to refuse extraordinary medical treatment. • Suicide is wrong • Assisting suicide is looked at the same way http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/christianethics/euthanasia_1.shtml#h2

21. Catholic Church's Perspective "Nothing and no one can in any way permit the killing of an innocent human being, whether a foetus or an embryo, an infant or" http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/christianethics/euthanasia_1.shtml#h2

22. Catholic Church's Perspective "an adult, an old person, or one suffering from an incurable disease, or a person who is dying." http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/christianethics/euthanasia_1.shtml#h2

23. Catholic Church's Perspective "A man, even if seriously sick or prevented in the exercise of its higher functions, is and will be always a man ..." http://www.euthanasia.com/quotationsoneuthanasia.html

24. Catholic Church's Perspective "... [he] will never become a 'vegetable' or an 'animal,'" the Pope said. "The intrinsic value and personal dignity of every human being..."  http://www.euthanasia.com/quotationsoneuthanasia.html

25. Catholic Church's Perspective "... does not change depending on their circumstances."                                   -- Pope John Paul II, 2004 http://www.euthanasia.com/quotationsoneuthanasia.html