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"anybody, for any reason" is extremely inclusive. You could argue that they meant "an adult of sound mind", or some other somewhat reasonable thing, but that's
by khedoros1 10y ago
"anybody, for any reason" is extremely inclusive. You could argue that they meant "an adult of sound mind", or some other somewhat reasonable thing, but that's not what they said. Without a clearer specification, I think it's reasonable to push at the the edge cases to try to figure out what exactly they meant, and what limits (if any) they might like to add.
- ci5er 10y agoOh, I agree. When I read GP, I was actually a bit confounded by how my reading was so automatically self-limiting.
- DanielBMarkham 10y agoThanks guys. I meant adult of sound mind. I was going to correct or reply, but I felt it would be more useful to the forum to have folks push the edges and discuss them. I don't claim to have an in-depth analysis of those edge cases. As a suggested place to start, if the state feels that you are able to live on your own -- provide yourself food and clothing, make choices about your location and lifestyle -- you should probably be able to make the decision to self terminate. Or rather, you are able to do that whether we like it or not, the question is really whether or not we feel we should use force to stop you. I don't think we should.