Religious
look on euthanasia .
In this part I want to show you euthanasia views of different religious.
As the first religion I had chosen Buddhism.
Most Buddhists are against euthanasia, because two reasons: avoiding harm and karma.
1.Avoiding harm. Buddhism places great stress on non-harm, and on avoiding the ending of life. The reference is to life - any life - so the intentional ending of life seems against Buddhist teaching and voluntary euthanasia should be forbidden. Certain codes of Buddhist monastic law explicitly forbid it.
2. Karma. Buddhists regard death as a transition. The deceased person will be reborn to a new life, whose quality will be the result of their karma.
Christian and Judaism view.
Christians and Jewry are against euthanasia. The arguments are usually based on the beliefs that life is given by God, and that human beings are made in God's image. Christian church regards euthanasia as morally wrong. It has always taught the absolute and unchanging value of the commandment "You shall not kill". The Jewish tradition regards the preservation of human life as one of its supreme moral values and forbids doing anything that might shorten life. However, it does not require doctors to make dying last longer than it naturally would. Jewish law forbids active euthanasia and regards it as murder. There are no exceptions to this rule and it makes no difference if the person concerned wants to die. It is wrong to shorten a life even if it would end very soon, because every moment of human life is considered equal in value to many years of life. So even if a person is a goses (this word means someone who has started to die and will die within 72 hours), any action that might hasten their death - for example closing the eyes or moving a limb - is prohibited.
Muslims are against euthanasia. They believe that all human life is sacred because it is given by Allah, and that Allah chooses how long each person will live. Human beings should not interfere in this. Many devout Muslims believe that Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders represent a soft form of euthanasia which is strictly forbidden in Islam. Muslims cannot kill, or be complicit in the killing of another, except in the interests of justice.
There are several Hindu points of view on euthanasia.
Most Hindus would say that a doctor should not accept a patient's request for euthanasia since this will cause the soul and body to be separated at an unnatural time. The result will damage the karma of both doctor and patient.
Other Hindus believe that euthanasia cannot be allowed because it breaches the teaching of ahimsa (doing no harm).
However, some Hindus say that by helping to end a painful life a person is performing a good deed and so fulfilling their moral obligations.
In this part I want to show you euthanasia views of different religious.
As the first religion I had chosen Buddhism.
Most Buddhists are against euthanasia, because two reasons: avoiding harm and karma.
1.Avoiding harm. Buddhism places great stress on non-harm, and on avoiding the ending of life. The reference is to life - any life - so the intentional ending of life seems against Buddhist teaching and voluntary euthanasia should be forbidden. Certain codes of Buddhist monastic law explicitly forbid it.
2. Karma. Buddhists regard death as a transition. The deceased person will be reborn to a new life, whose quality will be the result of their karma.
Christian and Judaism view.
Christians and Jewry are against euthanasia. The arguments are usually based on the beliefs that life is given by God, and that human beings are made in God's image. Christian church regards euthanasia as morally wrong. It has always taught the absolute and unchanging value of the commandment "You shall not kill". The Jewish tradition regards the preservation of human life as one of its supreme moral values and forbids doing anything that might shorten life. However, it does not require doctors to make dying last longer than it naturally would. Jewish law forbids active euthanasia and regards it as murder. There are no exceptions to this rule and it makes no difference if the person concerned wants to die. It is wrong to shorten a life even if it would end very soon, because every moment of human life is considered equal in value to many years of life. So even if a person is a goses (this word means someone who has started to die and will die within 72 hours), any action that might hasten their death - for example closing the eyes or moving a limb - is prohibited.
Muslims are against euthanasia. They believe that all human life is sacred because it is given by Allah, and that Allah chooses how long each person will live. Human beings should not interfere in this. Many devout Muslims believe that Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders represent a soft form of euthanasia which is strictly forbidden in Islam. Muslims cannot kill, or be complicit in the killing of another, except in the interests of justice.
There are several Hindu points of view on euthanasia.
Most Hindus would say that a doctor should not accept a patient's request for euthanasia since this will cause the soul and body to be separated at an unnatural time. The result will damage the karma of both doctor and patient.
Other Hindus believe that euthanasia cannot be allowed because it breaches the teaching of ahimsa (doing no harm).
However, some Hindus say that by helping to end a painful life a person is performing a good deed and so fulfilling their moral obligations.
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