Views on euthanasia

Conflicting protestant views on euthanasia.

Ping-cheung Lo Confucian Views on Suicide and Their Implications for Euthanasia

On June 2, 1927, a famous professor of Qing Hua University, Wang Guowei, drowned himself in a lake of the former imperial garden in Beijing. His suicide proved extremely controversial and evoked much discussion.1 His colleague and famous intellectual, Liang Qichao, wrote several eulogies in his honor. In one of these eulogies Liang reminded his colleagues and students, who lived in a culture wh...

Moving on from euthanasia.

It is time to move on from the euthanasia debate. Let’s also move on from “physician-assisted suicide.” Rationally, if a society legalizes the killing of sick people, it should use the group that is most efficient, legal, trained and, at times, paid to kill: the Armed Forces. Want to die? Fill out a chit, and the sniper takes you out from 100 yards. No pain; indeed, you will never even hear the...

Descriptions of euthanasia as social representations: comparing the views of Finnish physicians and religious professionals.

In many western societies health professionals play a powerful role in people's experiences of dying. Religious professionals, such as pastors, are also confronted with the issues surrounding death and dying in their work. It is therefore reasonable to assume that the ways in which death-related topics, such as euthanasia, are constructed in a given culture are affected by the views of these pr...

The Good Samaritan ideal and beneficent euthanasia; conflicting views of mercy.