Mercy killing is a patient suffering from an incurable and
painful disease, typically by the administration of large doses of pain killing
drug. Which in this case Carlson shot the old dog in the back of its head so
the old dog would not feel any pain. Animal
euthanasia, are ways to cause a little pain or no pain at all when committing
mercy killing. Some call it being “put down” or “put to sleep”. Most Animals
are put down by injections usually using a “very high dose of pentobarbital or
sodium thiopental”. For example in the book it explains how Carlson is trying
to convince Candy that it’s best to end the old dogs misery (Page 46,
Steinbeck). For humans, someone can mercy kill them if they think it is the
best thing to do at the moment or the person ask for help to die and end their
misery. I think that mercy killing should only be allowed if the person agrees or
family does depending on the situation.
I agree with you on this one. I do think they should be allowed to mercy kill. I also think it would be fair if someone has to make that decision first. If a womans’ husband is brain dead she should be able to make the choice whether to pull the plug on him or not. That seems like the fair way do it, so that’s how it should happen. Mercy killing is justifiable in some situations.
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