A woman’s long-cherished wish was death with dignity. Unfortunately, she was being kept in a vegetative state. Her family filed a suit against her death with dignity to the Supreme Court last year on November 28th, and they won. Moreover, controversy about death with dignity is unceasing.
The real meaning about death with dignity is leading a hopeless patient to a peaceful death following the request of the patient. It is based on the idea that moral living is more important than biological living. It is because humans are mental beings and not just flesh.
Strictly speaking, death with dignity could be a way to reduce their lifetime. Therefore, people who are conservatives are opposed to the approval of death with dignity. However, we should accept death with dignity as a choice. Everyone knows that personal choice is important.
However, we should not hurry to prescribe the standards about death with dignity. Legalizing death with dignity could lead to the misuse of human lives. No matter how long it takes, we need to carefully select an acceptable standard about death with dignity. Human life must not be misused for profit.
Several nations like Switzerland and the Netherlands legalized death with dignity. Likewise, most nations approve of death with dignity, and Korea is no exception to this tendency. Death with dignity is a saving grace for incurable patients. These days, the most important thing is how to die, in addition to how to live. Korea has to respect personal choice through death with dignity.