The purpose of living

  As I was going through my daily activities today, my thoughts wandered to the future. As I went on thinking about the future, a sudden realization came upon me. Regardless of what we do within our lifetimes, each and every one of us ultimately dies (Unless the concept of life-extending machine becomes reality) So, this begs the question, what exactly is the point of living? Do we live just to die?

  There have been many attempts to answer this question, since ancient times. Man has been trying to figure out the purpose of life. While other animals just do what they needed to survive, man, as creatures with intelligence, formulated many theories about why they exist, what they are living for, and the meaning of life in general. These theories then became different religions and beliefs. As these theories cannot be proven scientifically, these theories are not (yet, you may say) accepted as facts.

So, speaking from a logical point of view, what is the meaning of life?

"When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity that lies before and after it, when I consider the little space I fill and I see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant, and which know me not, I rest frightened, and astonished, for there is no reason why I should be here rather than there. Why now rather than then? Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time have been ascribed to me? "

Pascal

  From the day that we are born, we were fated to go through education, before coming out into society to get a job in order to contribute to the development of mankind. The so-called 'development of mankind' usually refers to the invention of technology to enhance our quality of life. Otherwise, it might refer to the discovery of existing knowledge. But the main point of getting a job is either to fulfill one's dreams(can be somewhat referred to as personal desires) or money. So for most people, the primary goal of life is to make money to survive and the secondary goal is to fulfill one's desires and enjoy oneself(obtain happiness). But ultimately, everyone dies someday and if people reproduce, another person is born and the cycle repeats itself again.
  So, logically speaking, in today's society, life has practically no purpose for someone unless he or she has a religion. If that person does not have a religion, then he or she would live just to reproduce, then die, then repeat the cycle. 

  That is not a very logical way to live, since there is only one truth, and people believe in different things, when everybody dies, there is sure to be people who realized that they are living their lives in the wrong way and those are the people that will suffer, while the people in the "correct" religion will live. In the worst-case scenario, when none of the religions reflect the truth, then won't everybody be living their lives the "wrong" way? 

The ethics of Euthanisia

    Recently, I have come across various ethical debates about the euthanasia while surfing the internet, which is the deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering. The argument is between the sanctity of human life and the severe pain and suffering experienced by the individual. The issue of homicide is also present.
    Firstly, I would like to convey my thoughts about homicide.  I think that the act of a human killing another human should be considered a criminal act in itself. I think that the factor that makes an act criminal is an act is the presence of the victim's consent. Although some may think that the victim's consent is not reliable in the case of mental conditions, I think that as fellow humans, we also have no right to judge whether another human has a mental condition, and from that, choose whether to respect the victim's choices and decisions. Regardless of the mental condition of the patient, I think that he or she still has the right to make his or her own choices and decisions. 
  As for the argument about the sanctity of human life, I think that the sanctity of human life should not be taken into account, as the sanctity of human life can only go as far as the beliefs of the victim. Since the victim should have already taken this into account before agreeing to be killed, other humans have no right to judge the sanctity of the victim's life.  Hence, I think that the legality of a human killing another human should be decided based on the victim's consent.
    Therefore, similarly, I believe that the legality of Euthanasia should be decided based on the victim, and not as an law that stands strong, regardless of the situation.