Mercy Killing or Just Plain Killing: The Euthanasia Debate For as long as people have been around, we have been dying. While this very well may seem to be pointing out the obvious, so many of us forget that we, as humans, are mortal beings. Our life span is definitely finite, and it should be. Just think what would happen if nobody ever died. Even though we are mortal, we try to hang onto our …showed first 75 words of 1482 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1482 total…eath, we lose sight of the best interests of the individuals whose lives we are affecting. Are these people not the most qualified people to make this decision? It is, after all, their lives that hang in the balance. Works Cited “Murder” American Heritage Dictionary on CD-ROM, 1991. Internet: Http://www.ieatf.org.McCord, William. Internet: Http://valdosta.peachnet.edu. “Moral Dilemmas.” Society 29 July-August 1992: 22. Pallone, Nathaniel. Society 29 July-August 1992: 35.