Ethics of Prolonging life

 

Having had to assist my wife and her family in making that decision,  her brother having had a massive cerebral hemorrhage at 52, I can tell you it's no easy matter regardless of the obvious hopelessness.  There's no outward signs of damage, and the machines have kept the person oxygenated and they appear healthy, there just isn't any brain wave activity at all.  From my experience, it's something that shouldn't be left up to one person.  If it's a family decision then your not leaving anyone person with the feeling of being wholly responsible for the decision.  But it is private, personal, and something that only the family should be involved in.

 

If your using "we" as a ref. to society as a whole,  we have no right to interfere.  The insanity that overtook the case in Florida a few years back was an excellent example, even the Governor of the state became involved.  It rapidly became a circus, and an opportunity for any nutcase to grind his or her agenda.

I guess it comes down to the right to die with dignity, unfortunately, something that isn't covered in the constitution.

 

 

 

It sucks and not necessarily fair...but it is what you do when it needs to be done. And that's all I'm gonna say about this topic.