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I 100% agree. Bodily autonomy is, I think, one of the instincts (yeah, I think it's hard-coded: an instinct) of the most importance to a human being, along side
by GeoAtreides 3y ago
I 100% agree. Bodily autonomy is, I think, one of the instincts (yeah, I think it's hard-coded: an instinct) of the most importance to a human being, along side survival, safety and reproduction. Taking bodily autonomy away from a person it's very close to murder, asymptotically so. It's infuriating seeing people clamoring for a curtail of this right, for the greater of good of course.
That being said.
>"In those years, I saw the Dutch euthanasia practice evolve from death being a last resort to death being a default option."
That's absolutely not ok. I would go so far as forbid doctors introducing this option to a patient; I would favor leaflets and online campaigns and have a discussion only _after_ the patient brings it up. At least in Netherlands (and Canada) everyone is aware of being an option, so it's not like the patients will suffer without knowing it exists; but it might reduce some pressure on people that don't need to take it just yet.
- josephcsible 3y agoTaking away people's ability to kill themselves is very close to murdering them?
- GeoAtreides 3y agoTaking away bodily autonomy is very close to killing a person, yes. People value their body autonomy so much, it's such a deeply-rooted instinct that messing with it can lead to death (either straight up death or personality/ego death). How often one hears, usually after sexual assault: "they were such a bright, chatty person before, now they're withdrawn, have panic attacks, PTSD, they hurt themselves etc." That's personality death and it comes from denying bodily autonomy.
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