I am super motivated now.

I WILL WORK OUT.

I am so motivated that if i can't get a 6-pec,

I'LL GROW ONE.

Muahahahahaaaa.

Nothing will stop me now.

Yes i'm working on my little "3000-4500" inclusive of footnotes, but "ideally you should write 3000 words in the main text." essay.

So which is it?

Naturally 3000 words would do. Conciseness and brevity. Heh.

Ok no time to blog. So nah, treat you all to my intro. Power lar. Ha ha.



It is nevertheless arguable that the right to live entails the right to shape one's life, and this right in turn entails the opportunity, if one wishes, to bring one's existence to an end. -Lawrence Tribe (1978)

The necessary by-products of the modernistic revolution sweeping through our world today are the increasingly complex issues that have risen to the fore to question our fundamental beliefs and rationality. The legal, political, and philosophical landscape is dominated by the existence of our right to self-determination, or the principle of autonomy. Thus, a necessary correlation is whether in our pursuit of autonomy in life, there exists also our right to die. In the ultimate analysis, these "right to die" issues and arguments are more than objective facts and scientific truth to be uncovered. Rather, they are socially constructed, culturally defined, and politically mandated . These issues are further muddled when the competent, terminally-ill patient comes into the picture. Debates over life’s worthiness, its intrinsic value, and the ethical concerns must be weighed up against the fundamental right of the patient as a person to exercise his own autonomous choices, and ultimately, to possess the option of ending his own life, if only to alleviate his all-consuming suffering.

In Part II of this essay, I will illustrate the fundamental difference between passive and active euthanasia, and how this distinction affects the issues at hand. Next, in Part III, I will attempt to dissect the sacrosanct principle of autonomy of the individual, and the necessary conclusion leading from the principle; that we must respect the right to die. Following which, Part IV will be an exposition of the sanctity of life, and the various moralistic, ethical, and legal basis for the protection of life. It will be argued that whilst the sanctity of life arguments are easily circumvented by the proponents for autonomy, this applies mostly to passive euthanasia. Where the pertinent issue revolves around that of active euthanasia, the waters are indeed muddled.