Sunday, November 9, 2008

Human Rights vs Ethics

came across this article on a  woman that suffered from a rare tumor in her face and she lost her case in requesting in assisted lethal treatment, Euthanasia. She died in her apartment after losing her case. what's sad is that she was suffering every single minute as her tumor made her blind and her left eye was pushed out of the face, and nose blew many times it's size... would you want to live like this? the law in her country said no.. if u ask me, i'll say no too, but if u take a look at this article and see how is she, believe me, u'll say u dunno.....

if you think u'll lose your dinner or lunch over this, i suggest u not open this Link

i remember doing this project research on Euthanasia and discussing in school... and this triggered me to think how controversies are reflecting the changes in Human Rights and Ethics in the age now.....

Human Rights is defined as "a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person
Ethics is defined as " a set of moral principles"

i realised that in times now, controversies are formed when the Human rights change, and defying Ethics..... eg. Gay marriages, Euthanasia... these happens when people who has the rights and want to do somethings AGAINST ethics of common people... the ethics remain, but people change and some things might seem "right" for this age, but defying Ethics....

example, it's morally right to say No to suicide. but hey i'm suffering so much and i'm in pain n sufferings, don't i have the rights to choose? i have my human rights too? it becomes controversy. ethics say no, rights say yes. 

How do us as Christians view this? i guess it's a straight flat rule for us sometimes to say, NO u cant do this. No u cant do that... but take this challenge... if u suffer from this tumor in your face. u cant see, cant smell, cant taste, it hurts every minute. do u want to die? Imagine yourself in this position... Church says no. but can you convince yourself to bear with the pain? will u shake?

maybe sometimes when we think of these issues we will give the typical answer but if it happens to you?

bite on this.

tell me what u feel and if u can maybe suggest more controversies on human rights conflicting ethics?

jason

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