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Vahid yeganeh Euthanasia, or mercy killing, has been in the news more and more recently. Many people are strongly against such a practice, but there is a growing demand to have it legalized. How far do you agree with euthanasia being made legal? Nowadays, euthanasia has become one of the most controversial issues in the area of ethics and medicine. When there is no medical treatment for sick people and life is nothing for those people except pain and sadness, some argue that mercy killing should be legalized. While some people believe that life is the God's will and human beings have no power to end it, others argue that under special circumstances in which no cure is possible, mercy killing could be a solution. There is a growing trend willing to permit/authorize euthanasia and some countries have passed law about that. When somebody agrees to mercy killing, doctors have the authority to do that and end up the endless pain. In contrary, some believe that doctors are responsible for preserving people's life and are bound by oath and therefore should not be legally able to terminate somebody's life. Moreover, the medicine is not so much developed to meet all medical needs and it is not impossible to be healed without medical reason. In other words, miracle might occur. The most argument in favor of this group is that mercy killing usually happen without the person's permission. To put it simply, they are not able to show their will due to physical situations, thereby ending their life is not ethically correct. In conclusion, I subscribe to the view that no euthanasia should be legalized without the permission of the person. We cannot intervene in the God's will and make a decision for others life.