What do atheists feel about euthanasia?

Answer 1

I doubt that there is any correlation between these two things. Atheists, like theists and deists, are individuals with many different views about many things. They just happen not to believe in any god. They may still have views of right and wrong that are very similar to those of religious people.

In the situation where a person suffering with an incurable disease, Persons of any religion or no religion may or may not euthanasia is the more merciful alternative compared to having the person spend more time wasting away.

Answer 2

Euthanasia is an emotionally charged topic. However, it is ultimately a question of choice. There are members of all groups, religionists, agnostics and atheists, on both sides of the issue. The basic question is: should a person who is terminally ill, who feels their life is no longer worth living because of intractable pain, loss of dignity or loss of capability, who is of sound mind, be given assistance in dying.

Atheists are not encumbered by religious doctrines that do not support the freedom to have control over one's own body. There exists a certain cohesiveness amongst people who embrace Atheism and how they view philosophical and moral issues as there is with any other group of like-minded people. Atheists typically support a person's right to choose euthanasia. Atheists are also very active in challenging prohibitions against euthanasia that are generally based on religious grounds. The general atheist view is that religious sanctions are appropriate for religious minded people but should not be mandatory for the non-religious. Atheists generally believe that part of the respect for life is the right to die and to not have a terminal patient's dignity compromised by forced, prolonged suffering.

Atheists are individuals, they are not formally linked by their lack of belief in deities as Christians are unified by belief in God. The views and beliefs of Christianity are adopted by it's followers, generally, but in the case of atheism this is not the case. An atheist's beliefs on euthanasia (or any other controversial issue) is entirely dependent upon the person and their own experiences in their life, so there is no single answer to your question.

Answer 3

Atheism is not an organization with goals or objectives, it is the position that individuals hold on the non-existence of god or gods. All other opinions on euthamasia, alien invasions, or the best flavour of ice cream and similar are the individuals own position.