[death by lethal injection] Which is cruel. Even if he specifically wants it.
Do you view medically assisted suicide as cruel?
If Creech asked for death by lethal injection as a form of assisted suicide, would granting that not be the embodiment of compassion towards him?
Cruelty implies that extreme unkindness is willingly being inflicted upon another person or animal with the desire to cause pain and suffering.
This definition does not match what we see here.
Do you view medically assisted suicide as cruel?
After a doctor's assessment? No. He did not undergo such an assessment.
There's a reason why medical professionals do not assist with executions.
There’s a reason why medical professionals do not assist with executions.
I hate to break it to you, but the article quite literally says that "medical team members" were responsible for assisting in getting the IV line into Creech.
Harvard also says that physicians do assist (SOURCE)
And even this cardiologist says it's better that they do than not, even though he is against capital punishment.
It's certainly a debated topic in the realm of ethics, no doubt, but it still happens.
But getting back to my question:
If medically assisted suicide is not cruel, and Creech requested that he wanted to die via lethal injection (medically assisted suicide, since it was at his request), where do we have a problem?
Not to go off-topic, but that Nazi never asked to be put to death. It seems like the only complaint he's made about his sentence is that the Playstation he uses while in prison is outdated, and that he doesn't get more time to make phone calls.
Do you view medically assisted suicide as cruel?
If Creech asked for death by lethal injection as a form of assisted suicide, would granting that not be the embodiment of compassion towards him?
Cruelty implies that extreme unkindness is willingly being inflicted upon another person or animal with the desire to cause pain and suffering.
This definition does not match what we see here.
After a doctor's assessment? No. He did not undergo such an assessment.
There's a reason why medical professionals do not assist with executions.
I hate to break it to you, but the article quite literally says that "medical team members" were responsible for assisting in getting the IV line into Creech.
Harvard also says that physicians do assist (SOURCE)
And even this cardiologist says it's better that they do than not, even though he is against capital punishment.
It's certainly a debated topic in the realm of ethics, no doubt, but it still happens.
But getting back to my question:
If medically assisted suicide is not cruel, and Creech requested that he wanted to die via lethal injection (medically assisted suicide, since it was at his request), where do we have a problem?