Ackworth debae - Should the practice of euthanasia be legalised?
Two members of the Ackworth School Debating Society offer their opinions on a contentious issue
The issue of euthanasia has been receiving considerable press coverage recently, with several separate incidents of so-called ‘assisted suicide’ taking place in different parts of the United Kingdom. The Ackworth School Debating Society chose this contentious issue as the topic of a recent heated debate. What follows are the arguments of the two main speakers. ‘The word “euthanasia” is derived from the Greek ‘eu’ meaning “easy” or “good”, and “thantos” meaning death’, writes Johnathan Zemlick. ‘In the modern day, when people’s lives in the First World are getting longer and longer without the quality of that life necessarily improving, should individuals be given the legal right to end their own lives when they choose?
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