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 ending a life is never right (17)

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ending a life is never right

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False: self defense.

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Well said there No.1, no verbosity, straight for the jugular.

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False: murdering a child in its mothers womb ?

An absolutist view, which unfortunately doesn't work.

There are many, many cases under which ending a life is acceptable. Imagine you're about to be killed yourself, and the only way to protect yourself is to kill the other person.

Or if a close friend (or anyone, for that matter) is in extreme pain and has no hope of recovering from their affliction... Killing them mercifully and painlessly to spare them a slow agonising death.

Killing a violent, oppressive dictator for the good of your country and humanity... Assassinating Hitler, to use a very cliche example.

We should always search for alternatives to killing - however, it is not a black and white issue.

Antrim(1287) Disputed
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Why did you have to introduce the racist element of ''black and white'' into the thread?

NicolasCage(505) Disputed
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You can't be serious... are you trolling or was this just a bad joke?

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While I do agree with you on this issue, I am curious as to what your basis is for believing this

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The statement is incorrect , ending the life of someone going through incredible suffering is not only right but is also humane .

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Absolutely. It is far more immoral and cruel to refuse a person in terminal illness and constant suffering, the right to die.

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We will end the life of animals when they are suffering and/or fatally ill, and that is considered humane

Is that right to continue to expect human animals to endure in such circumstances when suffering and death is inevitable.

I for one do not agree

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I disagree. If a man rapes me again, I'll fucking kill his ass. #StandYourGround .

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What if someone wants to die with dignity?...................................................

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It may not be right but sometimes it's necessary, such as self-defense.

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I could argue that there are a number of reasons that your statement is incorrect. The first that comes to mind is due to the fact that I work in a Nursing home. There are people who are forced to suffer with no quality of life or desire to continue living. I think it is unfair to force them to suffer as we do. Some people lack empathy and kill and harm innocent people they do not deserve to live

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Self defense

War

Euthanasia

High risk surgery

Police enforcement

Abortion where legal

Capital punishment

Execution for treason

Steering a car crash away from 20 victims but into 2 victims

Society has many many predetermined scenarios where the causation of death is accepted or forgiven.

Likewise, we dish out death to a large swath of the animal world for the sake of our own food and commodities. Why is a single human life worth more than the 500 or so chickens they may eat in a lifetime?

People who deal in absolutes almost never have good answers to all these questions, other than citing religion, which we can then debate over if you wish, but you're not going to win that way either.