The Ethics of Euthanasia

Introduction
Is euthanasia moral? Does anybody have the right to make the decision of life or death for another person? Should euthanasia be legal? Do religions accept euthanasia? These are just a few of the questions I will investigate in this essay.
According to the dictionary, euthanasia is: 'The bringing out a gentle and painless death of a person suffering from a painful, incurable disease.'
There are two main types of euthanasia. Active and passive. Active euthanasia is when the patient it conscious and want's to end his suffering. Passive is when the patient us unconscious so theref…