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EUTHANASIA AND PSYCHOLOGY AS A PERFECT SCIENCE (Author) (Class) (Professor) (School) (Date) Euthanasia Euthanasia was coined from Greek words eu meaning “good” and Thanatos meaning “death”. Euthanasia has been termed as an exercise of intentionally ending life to relieve pain and suffering. Euthanasia is categorized in different ways: voluntary non-voluntary or involuntary euthanasia. Non-voluntary euthanasia is when euthanasia is taken but the patient’s consent is unavailable. This type of euthanasia is illegal in all nations. Another illegal type of euthanasia is involuntary euthanasia which involves undertaking euthanasia against the patient’s will and this is considered murder. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in some countries which refer to behave in a particular manner even if the action is foreknown by each individual. The fact that we are all unique mentally is therefore a contributing factor to the argument that predicting accurately the actions of individuals even if they are aware of the future action in question can be very difficult. References Materstvedt L. J. Clark D. Ellershaw J. Førde R. Gravgaard A. M. B. Müller-Busch H. C. ... & Rapin C. H. (2003). Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force. Palliative Medicine 17(2) 97-101. Baumeister R. F. (2008). Free will in scientific psychology. Perspectives on psychological science 3(1) 14-19. [...]
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Instructions: Write one page on your view of each topics listed below. The top of the page should annotate which topic is being covered on the page. Requirements: • Your initial post should be at least 300 words per topic . Topic A: Euthanasia Do you think that voluntariness is morally important in euthanasia decisions? How important do you think that it is? For example, do you think that it is so important that whatever a person requests ought to be done? Explain. Does your conclusion regard the morality or also the legality of euthanasia? 300 words Topic B: A "Perfect" Science If psychology were to be an exact, or to use Mill's phrase, "a perfect" science, then specific human acts could be accurately predicted. Would a prediction be accurate if the person about to act becomes aware of the prediction prior to the act itself? Does the fact that a prediction can be known in advance disprove the possibility of predicting accurately or is that fact just one more antecedent condition? Thoroughly explain your view. 300 words
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