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General Discussion / Re: Online Comments (You should have 4 total by the end)
« on: July 21, 2019, 11:01:12 am »
I agree with Shuran's idea that animals should have equal rights with human beings. She says that human beings are also a kind of animal so that they should have empathy.
When we judge problems, often based on our own own perspective, not from the full perspective of the problem, the Germans are really higher than the Jewish people? Are black people really inferior? The assumption that they were pre-implanted during the Nazi or invasion of China in history was that "Jews are not humans" and "Chinese not human". Only by letting them die can we make the society progress civilization and the human civilization to be sublimated. The soldiers who fought in the war thought they were exercising justice and were proud of what they had done (improving the overall quality of humanity), and they were transformed into "messengers of justice".
Today we seem to have made similar mistakes in dealing with animals, with humans pre-empting "the value of animals only in the consumption we eat", but in reality "animals, especially vertebrates, have emotional and cognitive abilities, and each animal has the psychological activity of distinguishing other animals".
Siyi Qiu

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General Discussion / Re: Online Comments (You should have 4 total by the end)
« on: July 17, 2019, 11:27:03 am »
Some people say that an 8-month-old fetus has survived from the mother, so he or she is already an individual human being.
In such cases, should he or she is considered a threat to him or her if his or her mother does not want him or her to induce themselves? For my own belief, I think no one can enter my house without my permission.
The uterus, can also be regarded as the property of the mother, she owns this "palace", not because the fetus grew in this "palace", the fetus is the "house owner", the fetus is in fact only a tenant. According to this logic, I have always believed that the tenant (the fetus) did not enter into a valid contract with the "house owner" to pay any pound of gold, in which he or she reside, but with the mother's acquiescence, and when the mother no longer acquiesced, he or she has no right to stay.
I've always believed that abortion is not what I believe in. And now I'm in a dilemma that will be illustrated by a simulated situation: a stranger, he's in my house, I can make sure that he would not harm me, but he eat my food and keep staying in the house - and that's not my will, and my will is to get him out of my property as soon as possible. At this time, there is no doubt that, as a self-possessor, I have reason to say that he has violated my private property and that I have the right to let him stop the abuse against me immediately. However, there was one way to get him to stop the abuse and only to kill him. It just like the situation of abortion.

Siyi Qiu

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General Discussion / Re: 1st Online Comment (Due 12PM, Saturday, July 6th)
« on: July 14, 2019, 10:38:00 am »
I agree with the idea that euthanasia cannot be consider as a form of suicide. According to the definition, suicide refers to the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally. Voluntarily literally means without being forced. For me, suicide is an consequence that is taken by oneself during the whole process, including considering and acting. Although that euthanasia should agree by patient himself or herself, the final execution should be still done by medical staff. We don’t know that if the patient still want to die until the last second of the injection. Once people agree to get euthanasia and sign the contract , the patient’s destiny become fixed. Not like suicide, people still have a period of time before they die. So the suicide and euthanasia are two different idea.

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General Discussion / 1st Online Comment (Due 12PM, Saturday, July 6th)
« on: July 05, 2019, 02:05:45 pm »
I’m interested in if euthanasia should be legalized. Euthanasia refers to the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. But the reason why it’s still illegal in several countries I think is because there are some limitations. First, the incentive for executing euthanasia must be reducing the pain of the patient and should be done by medical staff. Then the patient must be suffer unbearable and incurable pain. Also, the thought should be sincerely given by patient or his or her family .Last but not least, the way to get euthanasia should be as simple as possible.
In China, euthanasia is illegal and become a controversial topic. People are afraid of the uncertain and illegal use by evildoers. Moreover, once you assist others to suicide, it’s also consider as murder in Chinese law.
People should have their own rights to decide their life. If there’s a patient is suffering extreme pain and with clear mind, he or she can choose euthanasia to end the life, it’s a represent of respect of his or her own life. Others do not have rights to oppose the patient. The choice follows the utilitarian, which is to bring greatest pleasure to greatest amount of people. The patient can release their pressure, and his or her family do not need to afford lots of charges.
However, there’s also problems. As far as I learn about euthanasia, I can learn that people usually use cyanide to achieve their goal. As a chemistry-related major student, I know that cyanide can kill people in few seconds but I don’t know how much pain the patient will suffer. People think the patient dies peacefully only because their placid face. The doctor would tell the patient’s family that he or her dies without much pain. But no one knows if the word is true. Only patient knows that it’s moral or not. Therefore, it makes people hard to choose. Just like the passage says “This reflects not just a fear of experiencing substantial pain or suffering or of being abandoned by loved ones when dying, but also a desire to retain dignity and control to the extent possible during this last period of life.” Only the choice that is made by patient sincerely can be effective, or it would bring problems.

Siyi Qiu

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