Citation

Noori F. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2014; 7(11): 2182-2184.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014)

DOI

10.19026/rjaset.7.514

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Mercy killing, euthanasia or killing a person who is terminally ill is not an allowable murder and all kinds of direct killings are in a sense of willful murder. Indirect mercy killing is considered as assisted suicide. According to Iranian criminal system, mercy killing is not allowable because human is a creature superior to an animal and will experience the result of their acts in the eternal world. A lot of efforts are done in many countries for the legalization of euthanasia or mercy killing. © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2014.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; Euthanasia; Brain death; Mercy killing; Organ transplantation; Killing of the character; Peaceful death