Doctor-assisted suicide Doctor-assisted suicide, suicide made possible by a doctor providing the patient with the means to commit suicide, and euthanasia, the kindness of taking the individual life from part of the doctor, are extremely questionable. Nonetheless, I am sure that there are some basic agreements that argue both for and against doctor-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and when they are weighed against each other there is a much stronger reason to ban physician-assisted suicide than to legalize it. To begin with, however, it is important to point out that banning this practice in our society requires more effort and discussion than allowing one. This is one meaning of the value we place on the rights and freedoms of the individual, because individual freedom is so significant that a compelling reason must be given to override it. Because the results of a physician-assisted suicide decision are extremely personal. The individual has the fundamental right to determine the course of his or her life, and obviously death is a part of that course (Dworkin, p. 265). So, to demonstrate that physician-assisted suicide should be legalized, one simply needs to demonstrate that there is no reason why they should be considered illegal. One of the arguments that are often used in favor of banning physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia is that it legitimizes suicide. If suicide and physician-assisted suicide became legal rights, the belief that people who attempt suicide are distraught and in need of psychological help, tolerated by many studies and years of experience, would be overturned. Those who seek suicide would legally have the right to be left alone to do something irreversible, on the basis of a sideways butt… in the middle of a sheet of paper… which will end up in our hands when life ends,” he says "This is the Creator's decision." At the same time, the Church recognizes that a dying person has the moral possibility to refuse extraordinary treatments that prolong life only minimally whether the treatment in question is considered proportionate or disproportionate,” says Di Camillo. This means that patients can legitimately forgo “a treatment that does not give a reasonable hope of physical or spiritual benefit, such as resuscitation of someone who is dying. life," he says. Works Cited "Religion and Spirituality." National Death with Dignity Center. Np, nd Web. April 15, 2014. "Religious Groups' Views on End-of-Life Issues." Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life Project RSS. Np, nd Web. April 14. 2014.