No idea. Its kinda crazy because they will do hospice where you allow them to die and give painkillers to mitigate the torture but won’t just end it. My mom had a stroke and they would not give her an overdose of barbituates but would give her some so her dehydration death was theoretically not as painful as it might otherwise be for whatever she could feel in her kinda coma condition. Took a week or more. They say 3 days without water but it takes longer than that.
Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to [deleted]
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HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I don’t have a good source, but my instinct is that ‘society at large’ in many (probably most) places is at least in majority ‘okay with human euthanasia’, and has been for quite a while. It’s the laws that need to catch up, but don’t due to lack of political will and a vocal minority.
blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
We live in a hierarchy of sentience. Where an animals’ lives have less value then a humans.
Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
A disturbing portion of the populace gets off on cruelty
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
because animals aren’t sentient. they also have far shorter life spans.
also pragmatically, we are not willing to spend as much or invest as much in animal medical care as we do human medical care.
I’m not going to spend 30K to save my dog/cat, but I sure as would my spouse or child.
GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Most well cared for dogs and cats are euthanized when they are at the natural end of their lifespans and no longer have a good quality of life. Bodies grow old and die. It doesn’t matter how much money we invest in medical care, human or animal. At best it can buy a few more (often painful) months or years.
Euthanasia is most often chosen when life is no longer enjoyable for the patient. I think the moral question the OP is posing is why we offer this kind relief to companion animals and not have this option for ourselves.
remon@ani.social 2 weeks ago
because animals aren’t sentient.
That very much depends on your definition of Sentience. The most basic one is just “the ability to sense and feel”, which means a lot more things than humans are sentient.
they also have far shorter life spans.
Some sharks and turtle want to have a word with you.
chunes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The word for human-level awareness is sapience. All animals are sentient by definition.
IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Because we are so stupid and terrified about death.
Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Canada has m.a.i.d.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You have noticed that there is a difference between humans and pets, haven’t you?
Emerald@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This comment provides no value to this dicussion. If you want to contribute, you should explain the big deciding difference and not just expect everyone to magically know the point you are trying to make.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you don’t understand that difference, what is the point of discussing this?
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
It is certainly open to interpretation.
One could say “yes, they are different because humans can explicitly state when they are ready to go.” I don’t think that was the point they were aiming for though.
Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 2 weeks ago
Suicide only stopped being a crime in many parts of the world recently… Euthanasia is much larger step beyond that.
Let’s give things time.
wk5ar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is option of euthanasia and I think in some kind of gas chamber form atm in Switzerland but it costs money. Personally I think its fucked up, but from the standpoint of many doctors even its a humane solution. There were numerous polls about it, even in favor for those suffering from severe depression.
chunes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Assisted suicide is legal in my state and 12 others…