PUBLIC ATTITUDE TO EUTHANASIA (ON MATERIALS OF RESEARCH)

This article discusses the debatable problem of euthanasia. The authors consider the main arguments of supporters and opponents of euthanasia. The results of a sociological study of the attitude of Nizhny Novgorod residents to the issue of euthanasia are presented. The results show that respondents express contradictory attitude to euthanasia: on the one hand, they understand the positive side and want euthanasia to be allowed in Russia, on the other hand, they believe that there can be negative consequences (for example, self-serving murders