Mercy Killing—a legal form of murder?
...e they think they are doing a favor for the person in pain. Every person is meant to die when it’s their time. But allowing murder to be the cause of their death is wrong; especially when it can be prevented by just choosing for it not to happen. No individual should have the right or power to allow the death of another individual to take place. Anyone with morals can see that the ability to allow mercy killing and take away a life is terribly wrong. Not only is mercy killing immoral, but it is also choosing to end the life of someone that may have the chance of being cured. Mercy killing shouldn’t be permitted when everyone has a chance to live without pain. Many people with fatal illnesses have been cured over the years. Even people carrying fatal diseases such as cancer have been cured and left without any trace of it in their body. No one should choose to die when there have been so many cases of people who were cured with treatments and even people cured by only a miracle. If you think mercy killing is okay, you should consider the possibility that people can, and have, been cured and returned to normal health over time. It’s sad to decide that a person should die when you know there is the possibility that one day they may be cured and well again. Mercy killing is wrong because you never know if you’re killing someone that might one day recover. Mercy killing is wrong in any case or situation. No matter the disease or condition, killing any person that is still able to live on their own is wrong. Mercy killing should not be allowed because there are too many diseases and levels of sickness to decide whether or not a mercy killing should be carried out. At the end of the novel Of Mice and Men, the main character, Lennie Small, is shot by his best friend. The friend, George Milton, felt forced to kill Lennie. He thought Lennie would experience more pain if the others farmers shot him first. George considered it a mercy killing. However there was nothing that proved the farmers would even find Lennie, let alone kill him. Lennie was not suffering and he did not ask to die. Lennie’s death was a murder, not at mercy killing. But either way, killing Lennie was wrong. This proves that there is no exception or situation that makes killing a person acceptable. T...