@article{ART001529940},
author={Kang, Kyung Mi},
title={Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics},
journal={Journal of Counseling and Gospel },
issn={1739-0745},
year={2009},
volume={12},
pages={69-92},
doi={10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kang, Kyung Mi
TI - Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics
JO - Journal of Counseling and Gospel
PY - 2009
VL - 12
IS - null
PB - Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
SP - 69
EP - 92
SN - 1739-0745
AB - Modern medical treatments have prolonged human lives by providing cures
for some fatal diseases. They also have increased pain and suffering of patients
and their families by providing artificial respirators or other life－sustaining
devices to the patients in a coma. Lengthening the life in a vegetative state triggers
a debate on what “death with dignity”means.
Euthanasia is classified into three types: euthanasia by consent, euthanasia by
means, and mercy killing. The active euthanasia is different from the mercy
killing in that the former enables the terminally ill to die through lethal injections
or other drugs, but the latter focuses on the human dignity of the patients.
The Christians, who are against the euthanasia, argue that it is morally unacceptable
because it is a type of murder or a type of suicide. In addition, the
euthanasia is sinful because human fates are determined by human doctors or
legal regulations, not by Almighty God. Others who are for the euthanasia argue
that mercy killing is the last resort for the patients in a vegetative state and
their families.
Without debating pros and cons of the euthanasia, it should be emphasized
that euthanasia deals with a matter of life and death and includes human dignity
and rights. In a word, with regard to the terminally ill and the patients in
the vegetative state, making a decision between life and death does not belong
to medical, legal or social considerations, but to God’s creation philosophy and
Christian bio－ethics. Committing suicide has sharply increased since the belief
in the sanctity of life was forsaken. Thus, it is high time to re－examine Christian
perspectives on human life and death in terms of euthanasia.
KW - life;dignity;human rights;euthanasia;Christianity
DO - 10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69
ER -
Kang, Kyung Mi. (2009). Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 12, 69-92.
Kang, Kyung Mi. 2009, "Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics", Journal of Counseling and Gospel , vol.12, pp.69-92. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69
Kang, Kyung Mi "Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 12 pp.69-92 (2009) : 69.
Kang, Kyung Mi. Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics. 2009; 12 69-92. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69
Kang, Kyung Mi. "Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 12(2009) : 69-92.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69
Kang, Kyung Mi. Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 12, 69-92. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69
Kang, Kyung Mi. Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics. Journal of Counseling and Gospel . 2009; 12 69-92. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69
Kang, Kyung Mi. Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics. 2009; 12 69-92. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69
Kang, Kyung Mi. "Remarks on Euthanasia in terms of Christian Bio－ethics" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 12(2009) : 69-92.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2009.12..69
