Title: Religious Views on Euthanasia
Headings: Religious Views on Euthanasia
Religious Views on Euthanasia
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Buddhism
Christianity
Catholicism
Protestantism
Christians in support of euthanasia
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
Judaism
Shinto
Unitarian Universalism
Influence of religious views
See also
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Content: Properly thinning out of the passions and the body is sallekhana. A person is allowed to fast unto death or take the vow of sallekhana only when certain requirements are fulfilled. It is not considered suicide as the person observing it, must be in a state of full consciousness. When observing sallekhana, one must not have the desire to live or desire to die. Practitioner shouldn’t recollect the pleasures enjoyed or, long for the enjoyment of pleasures in the future. The process is still controversial in parts of India. Estimates for death by this means range from 100 to 240 a year. Preventing santhara invites social ostracism. Judaism
Like the trend among Protestants, Jewish medical ethics have become divided, partly on denominational lines, over euthanasia and end of life treatment since the 1970s. Generally, Jewish thinkers oppose voluntary euthanasia, often vigorously, though there is some backing for voluntary passive euthanasia in limited circumstances.