An end of life filled with inevitable suffering creates hostile and bleak memories of a once vibrant loved one. People dying of terminal illnesses become something far from themselves, leaving memories of a …show more content…
Legalizing euthanasia will provide options for those who desire, but, “‘Very few people have actually used it,’... not all of those patients who gain authorization end up hastening their deaths” (DeBonis 3) Often, just possessing an alternative option provides people with a sense of security and control in a situation that seems completely vulnerable and helpless. Death is inevitable, but the ability to alleviate a patient's suffering seems the morally appropriate form of action. Governor Jerry Brown believes, “‘The crux of the matter is whether the State of California should continue to make it a crime for a dying person to end his life, no matter how great his pain or suffering,’... ‘In the end, I was left to reflect on what I would want in the face of my own death’” ( Reilly 2). Jerry Brown addresses the moral issue of the right to die and whether or not he would want to endure a painful and depressing death. The condemning of a dying person’s actions is hardly fair when one has not had to endure the same circumstances, but people often possess lofty morals absent from experience. Ethics appear to be black and white, void of human