'You can't impose your morality on us" (3)

Euthanasia is the other "hot topic" in our modern society. There are many in the Australian society who believe in the 'right to die' as they call it. Proponents of euthanasia not only support it, but want it legalised. They argue that just because some people do not agree with the ethics of it does not mean that it should not be legalised. This   is a logical argument, but it can be questioned whether they consider the consequences of legalising euthanasia. If euthanasia becomes legalised, people who do not wish to look after an older person such as a relative or client owing to constraints on their 'liberty', financial hardships or personal conflicts may seek to reduce what they call a 'burden', by seeking to euthanise them. Legalising it would mean that people would have more 'liberty' to harm people who they do not wish to look after.

Proponents of euthanasia argue that although this may be the case, the euthanasia should be available for the individual. However, these people may as well argue that they can carry out their own death by themselves. Just because people want something for themselves does not mean it should be legalised..