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Good piece. It's well worth watching Terry Pratchett's "Choosing To Die", about assisted suicide, for an argument of one solution to this dilemma. I'm not sure
by auxbuss 15y ago
Good piece. It's well worth watching Terry Pratchett's "Choosing To Die", about assisted suicide, for an argument of one solution to this dilemma. I'm not sure there's currently a better way to hack death.
- corin_ 15y agoI've never been a fan of his work, but I have used his driver a few times in London and from conversations with him I suspect I'd like Pratchett as a person a great deal more than his writing. So, thanks for the suggestion, will make sure to watch it some time soon.
- spenrose 15y agoThe patient's mind no longer works, making suicide impossible. We aren't given enough detail about the earlier stages to know what choices she faced earlier, but being the mother of very small children would have complicated the issues around suicide considerably.