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I have seen people clinging to their lives no matter how insufferable those lives seemed to me

• freedomben 4y ago
  This is going to sound like criticism but I'm legitimately interested in understanding how you think and how you arrived at your opinions. > I have seen people clinging to their lives no matter how insufferable those lives seemed to me Sure there is no end of stories about people who want to live despite major setbacks. But what does that have to do with a person who doesn't? Is the person who doesn't wrong? Do you think they just have a bad attitude? If we had two people with identical maladies, it seems to me that you are arguing that we should force Person B (who doesn't want to live) to continue living and suffering, because Person A does want to live. Please correct me if that isn't your view. If instead we forced Person A (who wants to live) to die because Person B doesn't want to live. Would you see that as wrong/immoral? Why must we force at all? What would be so wrong about letting the individuals (who are the ones experiencing the suffering) to decide? I've lost people I care deeply for to suicide, so I know the pain that it can leave people with. However, it seems remarkably selfish to force others to live in misery against their will, simply because I want them to continue to live.
  • AzzieElbab 4y ago
    I am not arguing for forcing anyone to keep going against their will. I am arguing against the system that fails to provide care and treatment that people deserve while simultaneously nagging them towards euthanasia. Let’s consider the case when delaying or refusing some sort of surgery results in patient developing chronic pain. A few years later the patient is addicted to painkillers and suicidal. Now we perform euthanasia and forget about the original issue of failing healthcare system?
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