Assisted Suicide! Morality and the Law: An insight into the African visa v Western perceptions of assisted suicide
Mercy killing: Morality, ethics and the law: A comparative analysis of Western and African perceptions of assisted suicide. By Lincoln Majogo Profile Lincoln Majogo is a law student currently studying at the University of Zimbabwe. He has written and published 2 novels to his name, one titled MUTSA and another tiled The Mirror, Suicide Note and Other short stories. Contact details Telephone, Whatsapp//0773 785 283 Email address: LincMajogo1@gmail.com Twitter handle: @LincolnMajogo ABSTRACT The paper will critically examine the conceptions of euthanasia as understood in Africa visa v the perceptions of the Western countries. For this analysis, reliance will be placed upon contributions from F.Mangena, E.Chitando, Stanlike Samukange, Maduka Enyimba who have covered extensively the African perceptions of Euthanasia. On the other side of the coin, the paper will also rely on contributions from various judgments in the U.K, U.S.A, persuasive scholarly writ...