Should Assisted Suicide Be Legalised?
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It was easy for me to come to this conclusion. Locked-in syndrome is a condition where the entire body, not even the head can move - with the exception of the eyes. Yet they feel everything and remain conscious. If I had that, I would want more than anything to die. Side: yes
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Yes. There would have to be some forms of control, e.g. documented consent from the person wanting to commit suicide in whatever medium they're able to communicate in, multiple witnesses to confirm consent at the time of the assisted suicide, etc., but I can see no reason why it shouldn't be legalised. Side: yes
I believe that assisted suicide should be legalized. Sometimes in our pursuit to save another's life, we forget that when they do not wish for their life to be saved, then it will not be saved. We cannot assume that it is within our power to tell another person that they must live, they must endure the shadows that haunt their soul, the ills which will cause them a slow and painful death. One must also keep in mind that if someone truly wants to commit suicide, and in their minds and hearts they foresee no other alternative, then they will take action on their desires. This simply means, if they want to kill themselves badly enough, they will do it, no matter what your contributions to the contrary. Why should we deny someone their right to end their own life? But rather, ensure that their passage from this world is painless? Shakespeare once wrote "But that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns puzzles the will, and makes us rather bear those ills we have, than fly to other we know not of? Thus, conscience does make cowards of us all." Side: It is not our choice
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