Passive Euthanasia

I would never be in a position to decide about the resort to euthanasia. As you know, there are two types of euthanasia: active and passive. Let’s consider them separately.

Passive euthanasia intervenes when the patient is in such a vegetative state that his/her parents decide to put an end to his/her life without his/her consent which cannot be obtained given his/her unresponsiveness. Such an euthanasia can be a tall order for whoever has to take the decision relative to resorting to it. The main argument to this type of euthanasia is that the patient is in such an irreversible state that they will never recover. But how sure can we be about it? Can we know whether or not the patient is suffering and if yes ,to what extent? If the person could decide his/her own fate, what would be their decision? How can we know whether or not in the next couple of weeks a cure would not be discovered which will allow the patient to resume their life just like us, or at least quite decently?

I think that the aforementioned questions need to be addressed before even thinking about passive euthanasia. But personally, I seriously doubt that I would ever get involved in the perpetration of passive euthanasia which I consider like playing God. However, I mus add that the situation of some patients is so dehumanizing and atrocious that one can tend to think before ruling out euthanasia.