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> Why can’t people be in charge of their own lives? I think the obvious counterpoint is that MAID is about people enlisting others to help kill them, which is
by toasterlovin 2y ago
> Why can’t people be in charge of their own lives?
I think the obvious counterpoint is that MAID is about people enlisting others to help kill them, which is no longer merely "being in charge of their own lives".
- christina97 2y agoThe others are really not necessary from a technical pov, could have suicide pill vending machines around the place.
- toasterlovin 2y agoRight, but if the vending machines with suicide pills are specifically for suicide, then the help of others is still very much necessary. And of course, you'd want to prevents kids and drunk people from using the machines, so you'd need some kind of a gatekeeper. And that point you've ended up right back at MAID.
- davkan 2y agoEven with a pill machine every person involved in the process of setting is facilitating each suicide. This is not the same as recognizing that someone who hangs themselves has a right to do so. The question is just as much about us as it is about them.