英文议论文：安乐死 On euthanasia

OneuthanasiaEuthanasiaisacontroversialissuearoundtheworld.Withpeopleincreasingrequirementsofeuthanasia,moreandmorecountriesanddistrictshavemadeeuthanasialegal.Differentpeopleholddifferentideasaboutitandheretheargumentitis--Shouldeuthanasiabeallowedornot?Letushavealookfirsttothedefinitionofeuthanasia.Euthanasiareferstothepracticeofintentionallyendingalifeinordertorelievepainandsuffering.Fromthedefinitionwecouldlearnthatitismainlyusedinpeopleterminallyill,neardeathorinextremepain.Manypeoplesupposethatthosepatientswhoareinsuchpainshouldbegrantedabetterwaytodeathinsteadofbeingsufferedallthetimewithoutanyhope.Therearethreepointstosupporttheargument.Firstly,asthemostfamouspsychiatristNormanCousinssays,‘Deathisnotthegreatestlossoflife,butthelivingdeath’,peoplewhoshowalittlemercyonothersinpainmayunderstandtheuseofeuthanasia.Whenyouseethosepatientswithincurablediseaselyingonthebedareinsertedoxygenlinesandvariesmachinesintheirbodies,willyouturnyourbackupontherequestofeuthanasia?Euthanasiacanhelppatientsrelievetheirpainssowhynotbeallowed?Secondly,ifweinsistedincure,theresultofitwouldnotbesosatisfiedtosomeextent.Forexample,childrenwhosufferedfrompolio~~~(各种后遗症，但这个例子仿佛不太恰当的样子orz)Andalso,有些人会将其与人权划勾，但当一个人无法拥有意识，连生和死都决定不了，何来权力？（翻译无能orz）Othersholdtheopinionthateuthanasiashouldbebannedlikethemajorityofcountriesdo.Itisreasonabletohavesuchanappeal.Somepeopleagainsttheeuthanasiabecauselivesaresovaluablethatwedonothaveanyrighttoendotherlivesatrandom.Asanoldsayinggoes,‘alivingdogisbetterthanadeadlion’.Lifeisfullofopportunitiesandpossibilities,andallweshoulddoistokeepitandnevergiveitup.Afterall,toliveisbetterthantodie.Somepeoplethinktheuseofeuthanasiaisakindof‘murder’whichendsotherlivesinasubjectiveway.Althoughthosepatientswhosufferfromseverediseasearepainful,theymaybestilloptimisticabouttheirsituation.Itisone-sidedandunfairtoendothers’livesasabystander.What’smore,sinceeuthanasiaisnotlegalizedthatisnoteasytoget,whichmeansitcontainsenormousbusinessopportunitiesforthewrongcrowd,somepatientsonlybuyitthroughillegalchannels,resultinginaseriesofillegalprofitchain.Frommyperspective,I