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: Religious Views on Euthanasia
Religious Views on Euthanasia
Page Contents
Religious Views on Euthanasia
Buddhism
Christianity
Catholicism
Protestantism
Christians in support of euthanasia
Hinduism
Islam
Jainism
Judaism
Shinto
Unitarian Universalism
Influence of religious views
See also
There are many religious views on euthanasia, although many moral theologians are critical of the procedure. Buddhism
There are many views among Buddhists on the issue of euthanasia, but many are critical of the procedure. An important value of Buddhism teaching is compassion. Compassion is used by some Buddhists as a justification for euthanasia because the person suffering is relieved of pain. However, it is still immoral “to embark on any course of action whose aim is to destroy human life, irrespective of the quality of the individual’s motive.” In Theravada Buddhism a lay person daily recites the simple formula: “ I undertake the precept to abstain from destroying living beings.” For Buddhist monastics ( bhikkhu) however the rules are more explicitly spelled out. For example, in the monastic code ( Patimokkha ), it states: “Should any bhikkhu intentionally deprive a human being of life, or search for an assassin for him, or praise the advantages of death, or incite him to die (thus): ‘