Principality Of Euthanasia Being Wrong
I challenge the statement “ killing is only principally wrong when death is considered a harm. If death were not harmful then killing would not be wrong ” with a counter “ Killing is always wrong unless there is a moral basis availabe for it. If there is no such moral basis then killing would always be wrong “. Then question arises who will decide if it is causing harm or not: that person, his family, the society or the state? And what gives one more right over another to decide for life of a an individual person who is a part of both familial and societal structure in a society. This cannot be done unless there is a clear moral basis available for that, which lies indisputably in Maruf and Munkir across the globe, irrespective of religion.
Faisal saheb, the verse cited is about killing a person who is not willing to be killed but caught in an offence to be executed. On the other hand, the issue raised by Ahmad saheb is about a person who is willing to be dead. On what ground it is forbidden not to take one’s life? To me it is not morally right for a person to give away his or her life, as it is the Munkar, an established universal norm. Moral excuses is missing. This covers both Umar saheb and your argument. The second reason can be the TEST for which man has been created. So he cannot decide to end this test.