The issues presented in text 1 and 2 are concerning the same subject, though they have a different view on the matter. Should we as a society, be able to bend the current laws in a way that it would be legal for a terminal ill patient, to commit voluntarily suicide?
This is a common debate in the modern society we live in, as the progression of healthcare and medicine now makes people live longer - whether they like it or not. In these two texts, pros and cons for legalising medical suicide for some patients are discussed, with a touch of personal involvement, and therefor the texts are also subjective.
The author of text 1, Nina Lakhani, is presenting some of the positive sides of assisted suicide.
She uses quotes from Tony Nicklinson, a man suffering from locked-in syndrome due to a severe stroke, who is fighting for his right to a “dignified death”. When reading this, it seems perfectly logical, and ethical appropriate for this man to be able to end his live when he wants to.
But this case raises a larger ethical debate on this matter. Do we really have the right to die?
This is the question raised in text two, written by Allison Pearson, who does not think that we have the right to. Allison Pearson argues that “death is no longer considered an acceptable outcome” among doctors, and that a change in the laws of murder could have tremendous consequences, and that we would likely end up in a courtroom where any doctor could justify a murder on his patients with “But he wanted me to end his life, your Honour”, and this is, of course, concerning. Besides that she also argues different problems concerning a change in the laws, such as the doctors becoming executioners, and that no man should be in charge of another man’s live.
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