Life, though a precious gift, does ultimately end in death. It’s with common knowledge and acceptance that any living, breathing organism will die. Death can occur in two general forms, natural or unnatural.
A natural cause of death is loosely defined as an unpredictable or extreme act of nature caused without human intervention or agency (Natural, par.1). Deaths from old age or a sudden heart attack are examples of a natural death.
An unnatural cause of death is defined as death not describable as death by natural causes. This would include such events as homicide, suicide, or accident (Unnatural, par. 1).
It's important to define both natural and unnatural causes of death when discussing medical ethics because most people would want to die of natural causes. Unfortuantly being taken off life support would fall under an unnatural cause of death because it does involve human interference. This lays the foundation for my counter claim paper. I believe it will easier to write if I follow the above arguement.
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