Counter Arguments

Others argue that euthanasia is the “easy way out”. It may discourage research into pain relief, cures for cancer and so on. Some argue that doctors and nurses may become brutalized or psychologically damaged if they are asked to kill, and that consequently other patients may fear them.

Supporters of some forms of euthanasia argue that it was nazi doctrines of racial purity that led to the death camps, not liberal euthanasia laws. If there are clearly understood rules like “rotterdam rules” that dutch doctors now follow, then there need be no supperiness nor slope. It also seems odd to suggest that allowing euthanasia would automatically hinder medical research.