Euthanasia

Firstly, yes I made some grammatical errors, but so did my opponent. The difference was the errors I made were missing words which is hard for someone to catch this type of error since they know what is meant. My opponent on the other hand misspelled words such as grammatical, explanations, misery, and emphasize even though they could have used the spell check option. I think before my opponent points out my errors that they should really look at theirs first.1. It is opposed by all major religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Jainism, Shinto, Islam, and BuddhismMy opponent has still never addressed what I actually brought up in multiple rounds. This is a debate about support of euthanasia, and if your religious then this would be very convincing reason to oppose it. As I have repeatedly said "this may give people a personal reason to oppose it, but may not be enough to enforce laws against it. "2. It is easier for doctors to administer euthanasia , than learn techniques for caring for the dying which undermines the quality of medicine availableMy opponent claims I deny that euthanasia is easier, but this isn't true since I made this argument first round of arguments. Further, my opponent also never address the base claim here which was euthanasia undermines the quality of medicine available.3. Euthanasia is un-ethical for the patient and people cease to have strong feelings once a practice becomes legal and widely accepted. It is important to note here even though some people don't see this objective morality doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just like how some people are color blind but that doesn't mean color isn't objective. Also, if there is no rulebook my opponent can not say euthanasia is morally permissible because that would be an absolute moral then. Further, a lack of absolute morals would undermine our justice system. For example, is someone raped another they couldn't be told they did something wrong because morality is subjective and for him rape isn't wrong. 4. that it is un-ethical for doctors to give such procedures; such practices violate the Hippocratic Oath, and Voluntary euthanasia gives power which can be too easily abusedIf we are talking about refusing to admit things then I should point out the argument here was doctors abusing the power of euthanasia. Further, if they wants to bring up pain I would refer them back to my opening argument of "It ignore advancements in medical technology to relieve pain, but euthanasia are not pain relieving or improves quality of life. Pain relief technology has come a long way “A century ago, high blood pressure, pneumonia, appendicitis, and diabetes likely meant death, often accompanied by excruciating pain. Women had shorter life expectancies than men since many died in childbirth”. Now we have methods like using morphine, which is over 80% effective for everyone at relieve pain; also, we have opiates, which have been effective for chronic pain. Further, euthanasia doesn’t actually relieve pain. To explain, sedation just makes you unresponsive to the pain, but once you wake up the pain would still be there because nothing was done to target the pain. Euthanasia is like sedation in the way that it just makes you unresponsive to pain, and nothing was done to target the pain itself. Medicine should be focused on killing the pain not the patient. To say euthanasia relives pain would be equivalent to saying that euthanasia stops cancer from spreading. In a way they are both sort of right, but no doctor would ever recommend euthanasia to fight cancer, so why they do so for pain? "5. Uncertainty of death and the subjectivity of requirementsReading my opponents responses makes me wonder if they read my arguments at all. They mention suffering, but I would refer them back to my previous argument "In the Netherlands citizens qualify for euthanasia if they are at least 12 years old and their suffering is unbearable with no prospect of improvement. This law is also subjective; it mentions nothing about terminal illness, just unbearable suffering. Suffering like physical pain is subjective, what might be painful for one might not be for another. Also, there is no test to see an objective level of pain, but it is not limited to physical pain, emotional pain is also included. There has been a case in the Netherlands were a woman was able to get euthanasia and was considered to be suffering unbearably by two doctors, and her illness was going blind. This amount so subjectivity should worry anyone about euthanasia. "6. Fear & HopelessnessMy opponent does not address the main claim here which was euthanasia is based on fear and hopelessness. This is shown here in my opponents argument with the phrase "endless suffering" which sounds very hopeless. However, I have shown that pain is not endless, and that euthanasia doesn't actually relieve pain at all.7. Targets the VulnerableIt is important to not that my opponent didn't address any of the evidence that shows that euthanasia targets the vulnerable. My opponent asked "Since when is ending the pain and suffering of a patient a duty? ", but I answered that in the previous round. I would recommend my opponent goes back and actually reads the arguments presented. Further, my opponents definition of "The painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. " implies neither of duty or a right. My argument was that the legalization of such a process would target the vulnerable. Even though this definition is not true since there are many complications that arise with euthanasia [1]. ConclusionMy opponent failed to address the main point in most of the claims, and often appeared to not have read the arguments presented. It is also important to remember according to the first round this was a debate about supporting or opposing euthanasia which is different than saying it should be legal because you could still oppose something that is legal. Also, my opponent never addressed any of the pre-refutations of I presented in my opening arguments. Sources[1] . http://news.bbc.co.uk...