The subject of euthanasia has been debated in many countries for a long time. Some people say that life is sacred and inviolable, and no one has the right to deprive others of life or even give up his own life. Living is an obligation; Suffering, when an individual loses the belief to live, he has the right to choose the end and how to end his life. However, the problem that the real society needs to face is not so simple: Does the law allow euthanasia for patients who are suffering from lingering sickness? Should medical staff save lives or end patients' suffering? Should family members do everything they can to seek medical treatment for their loved ones or should they submit to their wishes and reluctantly give up their love?
Laws, ethics, morals, religious beliefs... Human society is so complex, everyone is unique, and we can't even truly understand each other. How can individual demands be understood and forgiven collectively? But we will eventually compromise, for the collective interests, for the stability of the society, and most importantly, for the stability of the individual. Out of the instinct of self-protection, we conventionally restrict ourselves and others, and while being restrained, we seek the freedom of individual will to the greatest extent possible. The preface of Sartre's novel "The Road to Freedom" says: We are suffering because we are free.
There is really no need to argue about who is right and who is wrong, because human society has come out with all kinds of shackles for thousands of years; because we all live in our own pain. Just make your voice heard and you are sure to find resonance. As for whether it can be generally recognized by the society in the end, whether you are compromised by others or others are compromised by you, perhaps this is not important, time will tell everything.
We may not be able to understand Ethan's pain, and we may be able to try to understand a part of it, but have we, who are equally "painful", strive for recognition like he did, but encounter obstacles everywhere? Gender shackles, racial shackles, sexual orientation shackles, hierarchy shackles, isn't it time to break them all? But history tells us that the road to freedom is a road full of blood and tears. Some people shed blood and tears for it, but the direction of human progress has never changed.
Some people say that the pursuit of absolute freedom is the same as the pursuit of destruction, and I agree with this statement. In human society, however, absolute freedom cannot exist. We will dance with our own chained chains in the end, and in order to break the old chains we must put on new ones, and so on. I would rather believe that the future is good, because we all yearn for a better future, and that consensus has never changed, has it.
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