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A right A privilege
Debate Score:7
Arguments:6
Total Votes:7
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 A right (4)
 
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Is living or dying a right or a privilege?

A right

Side Score: 5
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A privilege

Side Score: 2

Lets assume for a minute that life was a privilege:

If the right to live was a privilege, like driving is a privilege, it would mean it could be earned by certain deserving individuals and not others.

What would one has to do to earn the right to live? And what what happens to the unfortunate ones who didn't manage to earn their "living" license (fail their "living" test)? Can they retest in another life? Do we send them back? and to where ?

There are even more difficult questions to answer:

-What is the passing grade?

-Who will decide who pass and who fails /how about teaching to pass the test ( test prep maybe?)?

Can anyone reasonably answer these questions?....

i didn't think so.

In that case, the conclusion must be that life is actually and a right given at birth to every living species

C.Q.F.D

Side: A right
1 point

Leave it up to the government to decide who can live and who can die.

I advocate the death penalty (on very rare occasions). I do not, however, advocate the government stopping people from committing suicide if they feel it is the best option for them (be it life support or massive depression).

Side: A right

Living is a right because the Constitution guarantees life plus the pursuit of happiness.

Side: A right

It really varies depending on a person's actions. When you put an individual on life support you are giving them a privilege.

Somebody could upset the mafia and if they are still living it would be a privilege.

Side: A privilege
1 point

When you put an individual on life support you are giving them a privilege.

I see what you mean but let’s consider this line of reasoning. When you put someone of life support (you’re probably a doctor), it is your job and your duty to do so. You are not giving the individual a privilege; you are doing your responsibility as a doctor. It is the patient’s right to have life support.

Somebody could upset the mafia and if they are still living it would be a privilege.

I believe you mean he is “lucky” rather than privileged to still be alive. He did not necessarily earn that luck. Don’t you think?

Side: A right
trumpeter93(998) Disputed
1 point

I consider luck and privilege to go hand in hand. I guess I was wrong about the life support scenario.

Side: A privilege