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> it would be even better This is you indirectly imposing your choice onto other people (e.g. you vote for a government which does the imposition on your behal
by mrkeen 4y ago
> it would be even better
This is you indirectly imposing your choice onto other people (e.g. you vote for a government which does the imposition on your behalf.)
I'm all for social programs (or whatever the equivalent of "few hundred dollars per month is"). But why not let the individual decide on whether to die or not?
- tsimionescu 4y agoThat's OK, but it should always be treated as a last resort, lest perverse incentives creep in. Ideally, state programs would not see any cost reduction from losing someone to (state-assisted) suicide to avoid such incentives - perhaps they should be forced to continue paying the same amount they would have payed to the living person into some other fund or something of the same kind. No one should be confronted with the choice of whether to take their own life to make things simpler for others - living for your own sake, no matter how much of a burden you may be on others, is a basic right that assisted suicide programs can easily start infringing if not implemented very carefully.