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Shouldn't the right to die be a human right?
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right?
(December 18, 2016 at 9:40 pm)pool the great Wrote:
bennyboy Wrote:But as a general principle, "It's my body, so I'll die if I want to!" is too irresponsible to be allowed as a general human right.


I disagree completely. We don't get to decide who is or isn't responsible and who does of doesn't deserve their rights.
1.  Yes, we can.  We can totally decide who is or isn't responsible.  The law does it all the time.
2.  We CAN decide who does or doesn't deserve their rights.  The law does it all the time.
3.  The right to commit suicide isn't a right, and preventing people from killing themselves therefore isn't taking away their right.

Quote:Furthermore Bodily integrity is a human right.

Quote:“There is a concept called body autonomy. It's generally considered a human right. Bodily autonomy means a person has control over whom or what uses their body, for what, and for how long. It's why you can't be forced to donate blood, tissue, or organs."


You can derive the right to die from just that.[
No, you can't.  You can't, for example, enter into a contract to be beaten to death for someone else's pleasure.  That's because it's illegal.

Quote:The only reason we don't actually have suicide clinics is because we're slaves of the government. Think about it this way, many years back when a hunter came back injured the whole tribe would be catering to him - was it because of their love towards him or his ability to hunt? The same way, no matter how useless, someone somewhere is always making the government money. So their life is important to them - not them - their life - is important to them.

Which is bullshit. We're not slaves to anybody.

What's this "slaves" stuff?  Not entitling people to kill themselves isn't enslaving them.  Everyone knows that except for the very ill, anyone can kill himself whenever he wants.  It really is a moot point, since I'm not arguing against assisted suicide with the very ill, but against suicide as a general freedom.
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RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Chad32 - December 13, 2016 at 11:04 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Aegon - December 13, 2016 at 11:07 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Aegon - December 13, 2016 at 11:12 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by bennyboy - December 14, 2016 at 12:39 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Jesster - December 14, 2016 at 1:39 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Regina - December 14, 2016 at 3:05 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by ukatheist - December 14, 2016 at 11:10 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by robvalue - December 14, 2016 at 11:49 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Jesster - December 14, 2016 at 4:53 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 14, 2016 at 4:48 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 14, 2016 at 8:50 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Fireball - December 14, 2016 at 10:00 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Mr Greene - December 15, 2016 at 10:08 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Iroscato - December 15, 2016 at 10:15 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 15, 2016 at 11:09 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 15, 2016 at 11:19 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 15, 2016 at 1:28 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 15, 2016 at 11:27 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by robvalue - December 15, 2016 at 11:00 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 15, 2016 at 2:54 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 15, 2016 at 3:05 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 15, 2016 at 3:25 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - December 15, 2016 at 4:56 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by chimp3 - December 15, 2016 at 8:06 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Cato - December 15, 2016 at 9:14 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Cato - December 15, 2016 at 9:43 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by bennyboy - December 17, 2016 at 10:03 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Cato - December 17, 2016 at 10:21 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by bennyboy - December 17, 2016 at 10:32 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Cato - December 17, 2016 at 10:46 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by bennyboy - December 17, 2016 at 11:01 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by bennyboy - December 18, 2016 at 12:38 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Mr Greene - December 17, 2016 at 11:32 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by bennyboy - December 19, 2016 at 12:02 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by bennyboy - December 19, 2016 at 12:21 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Tangra - December 20, 2016 at 5:44 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Jesster - February 4, 2017 at 11:26 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by Aegon - February 4, 2017 at 11:39 am
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - February 4, 2017 at 2:10 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - February 4, 2017 at 3:56 pm
RE: Shouldn't the right to die be a human right? - by brewer - February 4, 2017 at 4:12 pm

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