“But purposely euthanizing a human being is wrong.”
Again, not being disrepectful for your opinion, but if it’s ok for the family pet to be relieved of their end game pain, maybe I want that option too. My Grandfather recently passed and he was begging the family to let him go, it was time. 20 years of parkinson’s might convince all of us. The big secret is that hospice allows for this by skipping the death inquiry.
If you'll let my cat vote, I'll let you visit my vet for "the shot." OK?
“if it’s ok for the family pet to be relieved of their end game pain, maybe I want that option too.”
You are not an animal. An animal is just a body. You are a soul who temporarily inhabits a body. It matters.
Besides, there is a difference between managing pain and killing with an excessive dose of painkillers.
“My Grandfather recently passed and he was begging the family to let him go”
There is a clear difference between letting somebody go, which is what people did before modern medicine, and administering a lethal dose of drugs. Or worse, withholding food and water.
“20 years of parkinson’s might convince all of us.”
To let go, yes, while pain is managed.
My mother died in great pain in 1968. The doctor told me she was going to pass.
“So, why don’t you give her something for the pain?”
“She’s too weak; it would kill her.”
“Didn’t you just tell me she was going to die anyway?”
“Yes.”
“Then what difference does it make if she gets some painkillers?”
“Can’t do that. It would kill her.”
And so on, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
I definitely approve of the management of pain. And if that possibly hastens death by a few hours, well, that death is attributable to the proximate cause. However, intentionally giving an overdose is murder, and intentionally taking an overdose is suicide.