Title: A Brief History of Euthanasia
Headings: A Brief History of Euthanasia
A Brief History of Euthanasia
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Content: According to this view, those who practice it are committing murder and those who receive it are rejecting the gift of life given by God. Other world religions, within the first millennium, such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Islam held that it was wrong for one to, “ [kill] themselves or others in order to relieve misery.”. [ 8] It was not until the early modern era, around the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, that people began to take an interest in both euthanasia and suicide, once again. Cultural interest was sparked and people became keenly interested in suicides in an era of unprecedented sociological, technological, scientific, and cultural advancement. New world powers were emerging at this time and people gradually disregarded church authority, looking to progress as their god. [ 9] Traditional views towards suicide and death were challenged both in Shakespearean plays and by writers like Montaigne, who wondered if certain situations might demand suicide. [ 10] Leaders of the scientific revolution during this time remained suspiciously quiet and rarely addressed the morality of suicides or assisted deaths. Despite widespread cultural interest in death, more traditional views on the subject were accepted and re-affirmed by leading Christian theologians, such as Thomas Moore. [ 11] As a result, cultural aversion to suicide and euthanasia was normative up to the seventeenth century. It was during this time that the term “euthanasia” was first coined.