Assisted suicide If one must comply with the demands of one's aging parents to end their lives when they have no tangible optimism for recovery, it is a major debate in the world today. Should individuals respect their parents' requests and discontinue life support or other medical support if they have no optimism about their recovery? The answer to these questions depends on what the individual considers. Closing a person's existence through a mercy killing is murder in practical logic, but people become too involved in the despair, pain, and distress of their aging parents, and many believe that in freeing them would be the best thing. For proponents of assisted suicide, they view it as an apparent indication of murder. When analyzing Susan Wolf's (2008) article, an individual would notice the sorrow in the writer's expressions and the encounters she encountered. From a personal point of view, it is difficult not to feel sympathy for her who had to gradually see her father die. Personally, I have been thinking about what I would like as my demise sets in and how I would like to pass on or cope with a terminal illness, like cancer. If I were to die, it would be better to be on my own terms. Assisted suicide is, although unethical, repeatedly more likely to be an option that an individual would prefer and not a difficult situation that is imposed on them. The article is an extremely touching article that introduced me to more about assisted suicide through literature research. on the same. Dogmatically, God created the world in six days; the first five days he created the sky, the earth and the flora, the solar system, the... middle of paper ... only one who can make decisions regarding his personal existence and demise and he should only have no one else to inform them otherwise. Conversely, this does not mean that a health professional must be involved. It is also important that the individual is comfortable and satisfied with how they feel. If one feels that one wishes to die, then one is free to choose this option, however, it is always up to each person to decide whether one truly wishes to die or whether one simply desires the suffering to end. References Batlle, JC (2003) “Legal Status of Physician-Assisted Suicide.” Journal of American Medicine. 278.19,Wolf, Susan. (2008, September/October). Coping with Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: My Father's Death. Hastings Center Report. 38(5), 23-26. Retrieved from the EBSCO Host Database located in Ashford Online Library