The Dark Shadow Shrine

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Euthanasia --Singapore's Position

Note Singapore's position on euthanasia (i.e. mercy killing). This can be an example of how science actually poses more questions (of the moral dilemma type) than answers when it manages to make what is hitherto impossible possible. By making it possible to extend the life of a patient who may otherwise die, it creates the even more agonising question of whether we should keep the patient in such a state (probably in pain with no quality of life, when hooked up to a respirator) and make us entertain the thought that maybe it is better to 'kill' the patient. The burden of making such a hard decision would have been non-existent in the past when technology was not able to withhold death from the patient yet.
Sample Qn: 'Science never provides any solutions -- it only poses more questions.' Is this a fair comment? (Cambridge 2000)
Article: Euthanasia is a
matter for Parliament: CJ