Right to Die

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I chose 3; I'm somewhere between 1 and 3.

I feel it should be everyone's right. I think it's cruel to force someone to live who doesn't want to.

That being said, I feel we also have a responsibility to "save people from themselves" in some circumstances. I think the important question is whether they are in a "normal" state of mind.

This is rather tricky to define, but I'd say that it should represent the best you can reasonably expect the particular person to be in. If they want to die but you have good reason to believe they will become more balanced and lucid, then a case could be made for stopping them from acting. If this is as good as it gets for the person, in all likelihood, then let them make the decision.

Being terminally ill isn't a deciding factor for me. I'd be happy to let a child make this decision too, if there is little chance of them improving and they can't bear their suffering.

Of course all such assisted suicides have to be very carefully handled, to try and avoid coercion and so on.