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This article reinforces my view even more. We as a society needs to allow people to end their life in a medical environment and only if they're capable of makin
by bellerose 8y ago
This article reinforces my view even more. We as a society needs to allow people to end their life in a medical environment and only if they're capable of making the decision on their own in a rational manner. I've witnessed horrible situations where the life is not going to improve and is intolerable for the victim who wants an exit even if it means death. Why do we allow our own selfish desires to have these people continue in pain and when the other person wants death.
- dstick 8y agoAgreed. Both at the end of a life, and the start of one. The rationale around abortion tends to follow the same warped logic in my experience :) The subjects are very emotional ofcourse, which makes doing “the right thing” extra hard in the best of circumstances.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoThey're very different, the parent talks about "when the patient wants death".
- jopsen 8y agoI'm in favor of letting terminal patients pull their own plugs. But I'm not sure it's a selfish thing when we don't allow it. I think it's because we value life so high that we would rather error on the side of caution.. Note. I do think we could be more flexible on this matter.
- bellerose 8y agoExerting one's own values upon a person who values to die instead of be in pain is selfish. Its a my values are more of a concern over your values and when it's the circumstance of the person being in pain that wants to have choice over living or dying.
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