Taking A Closer Look At The Euthanasia Coaster

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This brief paper talks about Euthanasia in general, and it serves to critically analyze how the concept of Euthanasia has its pros and cons. Euthanasia should be analyzed very well and thoroughly before getting into it. In my opinion, I believe that being euthanized is never an option for any of us patients because life can be very surprising and things might change for the better with a blink of an eye, and our souls are very precious and worthy. This paper will attempt to how these rights can be well-adjusted and how people can have the personal choice whether they want to be euthanized or not because in the end of the day it’s their life and this decision is based on what they want.

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candidate at the Royal College of Art in London, Julijonas Urbonas, from Lithuania, decided to attempt to design a method of euthanizing people that they might even enjoy. Hiskey, D. (2013, October 31). His solution- the Euthanasia Coaster, which he designed and built at a precise 1:500 scale. It’s a roller coaster that could seat up to 24 passengers and give them an enjoyable time before ultimately killing them in a painless and euphoric way. How does it work? Hiskey, D. (2013, October 31). First, the coaster takes the passengers up 1,670 ft (509 meters) (which would make it about 3.7 times taller than the current tallest roller coaster in the world, the Kingda Ka). Next, the passengers would plunge down the other side reaching a maximum speed of over 200 mph. Hiskey, D. (2013, October 31). Until this point, the passengers are having a fun time, assuming roller coasters are entertaining. What happens next after the coaster reaches the bottom, it then goes into a loop, at the speed that the riders would be going at would exert about 10 G’s of force on them, enough to drain their brain of the necessary life giving nutrients and oxygen from their blood. Hiskey, D. (2013, October 31 After the big loop, six smaller loops follow it. With the loops progressively getting smaller and smaller to keep the force within the loops. With the circuit section designed to last 60 seconds, all without blood being able to get to the brain, according to Julijonas Urbonas, the majority of the passengers are dead. If any of the passengers had remained alive, they could ride the coaster again if they wish. They might be passed out or unconscious. Which wouldn't matter if there was a dull method to kill them at this point. The bodies would be taken off the coaster after all the passengers are dead. New riders put aboard, and as Urbonas said, in theory, only people who thought if being euthanized would be aboard the coaster. Hiskey, D. (2013, October 31).

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