In the article, Bioethics and Why I Hope to Live Beyond Age 75 Attaining Wisdom, Miguel Faria’s major point was that Dr. Emanuel’s view, even though Emanuel stated he wasn’t for assisted suicide or euthanasia, could be taken to a very unhealthy point. Since the arguments that he was using were based on utilitarian ethics, Faria pointed to how the Nazis had killed 275,000 non-Jewish citizens in their “mercy killing” programs. This stemmed from discussions held about sterilizing undesirables held before Hitler coming to power. Once there is an age when people decide that a life is not worth living, you can twist that to meet the criteria at hand. When any age or disease can change the situation, there is no going back. In truth, this is
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Emanuel pointed to how the last years of our lives are not of “high quality”. In reality, all that the health care has done is make us live longer, not make us age slower. This has led to people living into their eighties and ninety’s and taking the resources that are needed for the more productive younger generation. He stated he believed by the age of seventy-five we can transfer to our children and grandchildren the wisdom we have and implant in their minds good wholesome memories. He asserted how we want our children to remember us by the prime days that we spent together rather than the decrepit elderly person sitting in the nursing …show more content…
He pointed out many of the flaws in Dr. Ezekials Emanuel’s argument of dying by seventy-five. One was how we should be taking care of our body’s not only to extend how long we live but also to improve the state in which we live our lives. He also had a heavy stance that all choices made should be in the patient’s hands. This coincided with my belief that the patient should always have the choice especially in ending-of-life decisions.
Problems With Dr. Ezekial Emanual’s View
The biggest problem that I have with the die at seventy-five view is what it can lead to. I don’t have a problem with people wanting to die at seventy-five, I personally don’t what to live far past it either. However, once health care decisions are placed into the health care facilities hands, or even worse the governments, the result is that some die for the “greater good” without having the ability to choose their own healthcare. Significance to
Emanuel pointed to how the last years of our lives are not of “high quality”. In reality, all that the health care has done is make us live longer, not make us age slower. This has led to people living into their eighties and ninety’s and taking the resources that are needed for the more productive younger generation. He stated he believed by the age of seventy-five we can transfer to our children and grandchildren the wisdom we have and implant in their minds good wholesome memories. He asserted how we want our children to remember us by the prime days that we spent together rather than the decrepit elderly person sitting in the nursing …show more content…
He pointed out many of the flaws in Dr. Ezekials Emanuel’s argument of dying by seventy-five. One was how we should be taking care of our body’s not only to extend how long we live but also to improve the state in which we live our lives. He also had a heavy stance that all choices made should be in the patient’s hands. This coincided with my belief that the patient should always have the choice especially in ending-of-life decisions.
Problems With Dr. Ezekial Emanual’s View
The biggest problem that I have with the die at seventy-five view is what it can lead to. I don’t have a problem with people wanting to die at seventy-five, I personally don’t what to live far past it either. However, once health care decisions are placed into the health care facilities hands, or even worse the governments, the result is that some die for the “greater good” without having the ability to choose their own healthcare. Significance to