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> Is killing not a gross violation of the Hippocratic Oath? being 'alive' and suffering versus dying and ... being dead and not suffering. pretty easy decision
by whalesalad 2y ago
> Is killing not a gross violation of the Hippocratic Oath?
being 'alive' and suffering versus dying and ... being dead and not suffering. pretty easy decision.
ultimately the hippocratic oath is about upholding good ethics and being a just individual. the misconception at the heart of all this is that death is unjust or an invalid solution when in fact it is and the stigma around it should be dropped.
- w0de0 2y agoI do believe death is unjust, though not an invalid solution. Death is the fundamental injustice of existence. That something is natural does not make it just. The quest to vanquish death is a perpetual motif in recorded history, across cultures, and a recurrent religious fantasy.