On Euthanasia - by Richard Veale

I disagree with all of J. Gay-Williams's arguments in that I believe he reads too much into nature and in doing so almost manages to contradict himself. For instance, he assumes humans are conscious through the reason of their nature and intention. I have no idea what that means. He also seems to argue that life is an end in and of itself and so dying goes against that, and is a poke at human dignity. But it seems to me dignity exists in such *choice* as being able to end one's life or the life of another. As some of the later authors argue, we cannot really say that we can take any life if we think it's suffering because then some psycho could go around killing everyone, saying that they are suffering. So, there must be some other rule set up that allows euthanasia to take place, one of which must be the permission of the person himself... It would be sad, though, if doctors decided to kill someone who might recover and grow from the experience. Despite these arguments against Gay-Williams, I do agree with his explanation of euthanasia and PAS.