death doctor

Sandrine 2022-04-19 09:02:41

I've always felt that whether or not to support legal euthanasia is in some sense an extension of whether or not to believe in free will. Society has always advocated that people master their own destiny, but when death is an extremely important matter in destiny, this kind of active choice of human will is cruelly deprived.

The doctor played by Al Pacino in the play has a heart of true awe for life, but he does the affairs of the devil recognized by social rules. He is not God, but he has helped many terminally ill patients choose their destiny. There is an interesting point about this show. Those patients who chose to be euthanized were all doctors who contacted actively, and almost every one of them had obtained the consent of their relatives. After the doctor helped these patients end their lives, the relatives of the patients did not have the slightest resentment against the doctor. The opposition intensified, and the doctor was jailed several times for what he did. Whether the so-called free will of man is a false proposition, and whether society can allow this unconventional individual will. Choosing a decent understanding of life should be a basic human right, but we can all see how insignificant human free will is when faced with various bright and dark rules and conventions in society.

In the play, the doctor talked about the reason why he has been challenging the secular concept. Because he is also a person, he may one day suffer from unbearable pain. He hopes that one day a colleague will help him end his life. This is not at all lofty, but very convincing. The doctor said he was not afraid of objections from others because he was right. Sometimes it's hard to tell right from wrong, but I think it's very selfish to think about it from an individual perspective. It is never a bad thing for people to be free to choose their own behavior.

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  • Audreanne 2022-03-18 09:01:06

    The book is great. In the end, the judge's sentence was very precise.

  • Freddy 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    Grandma and I will support him.

You Don't Know Jack quotes

  • Jack Kevorkian: It's emotionalism. You know, when heart transplants first started... there was the same prevalent feeling, I mean, even among doctors... that it was wrong, it was contrary to God's will, contrary to nature. Isn't it ghoulish to rip a person's chest open and take out a heart? Or a bypass operation? Ether is the same thing. You have ether, been around for centuries, it wasn't used. Not till 1846. It was discovered in 1543... and before that, everybody was being operated on while they were awake. Surgeons were cutting them open while they were awake. Did you know that, Geoff?

    Geoffery Fieger: No.

    Jack Kevorkian: On, yes. And you know why it was banned? Because of religious dogma. Because of the foolish notion... that there's a God Almighty who wills us to suffer.

  • Judge Cooper: You invited yourself here to make a final stand.

    Judge Cooper: You invited yourself to the wrong forum.

    Judge Cooper: Our nation tolerates differences of opinions, because we have a civilized and non-violent way of resolving our conflicts.

    Judge Cooper: We have the means and methods to protest laws with which we disagree.

    Judge Cooper: You can criticize the law, lecture about the law, speak to the media or petition voters.

    Judge Cooper: But you must always stay within the limits provided by the law. You may not break the law, or take the law into your own hands.

    Judge Cooper: No one's unmindful of the controversy and emotion that exists over end-of-life issues and pain control.

    Judge Cooper: I assume the debate will continue in a calm and reasoned forum long after this trial and your activities have faded from the public memory.

    Judge Cooper: But this trial was not about that controversy.

    Judge Cooper: This trial was about you, sir.

    Judge Cooper: You've ignored and challenged the legislature and the supreme court.

    Judge Cooper: Moreover, you've defied your own medical profession.

    Judge Cooper: This trial was about lawlessness, about your disregard for a society that exists and flourishes because of the strength of our legal system.

    Judge Cooper: No one is above the law.

    Judge Cooper: You had the audacity to go on national television, show the world what you did, and dare the legal system to stop you.

    Judge Cooper: You publicly and repeatedly announced your intentions to disregard the laws of Michigan.

    Judge Cooper: Because of this, I am imposing the maximum sentence of 10 to 25 years.

    Judge Cooper: You may now, sir, consider yourself stopped.