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> What is the steelman argument for why it's okay to help people kill themselves a la MAID, but not okay to execute murderers? I would assume it's something th
by tivert 2y ago
> What is the steelman argument for why it's okay to help people kill themselves a la MAID, but not okay to execute murderers?
I would assume it's something that centers personal bodily autonomy above all other competing moral considerations. Under that libertarian moral framework, the murderer who does not want to be executed cannot be killed because they don't want it, while the person who want MAID can be killed just because they want it.
- toasterlovin 2y agoUnder that framework, could it be argued that the murderer has implicitly consented by committing an act they should have reasonably foreseen would result in their own death? (Not well thought out here, just trying this argument on for size)
- int_19h 2y agoDepends. Is it okay to sell oneself into slavery? Some radical right libertarians will answer that question positively, but even for libertarians this is a fringe position.