Do you have the courage to commit suicide in case if terminal disease?

[Catholic_Lady]

Lol, it's ok I know you're not being snotty. It's both. The Church teaches to respect life from conception to natural death (including your own) on the premise that life is sacred, and I agree with that. It's a pretty fundamental part of my world view and outlook on life in general, and isn't a case of me just going along with it because it says so.

I do think it should be legal though, I just don't think it's morally good.

Why is someone wanting to avoid pain, in a TERMINAL situation not moral?

I watched my mother die. If you think assisted suicide in terminal situations SHOULD be legal, then you should also see it as moral and compassionate.

We treat pets when terminal far more compassionately than we do humans. And I have put two pets down myself. Now, do not tell me my cat or my mom's dog knew what I was going to have done to them when I took them to the vet. Humans certainly have far more cognition and ability to decide for themselves.

CL "the Church" is basing it's position, not on medical reality, but old mythology.

I am glad you think it should be legal, but you are trying to have it both ways and sorry, having witnessed my mother die, you'd have to call me immoral for saying it should be legal which makes no sense since you also just said here it should be legal.

I really think you should reflect on the conflict in your own head between an ancient book, and modern morality and ethics.

I am not immoral for saying my mom should have had that option anymore than taking my cat or dog to be put down. They both were in extreme pain too when I did that. Why should my mom who MADE the decision not to do anything more not be allowed to avoid more pain?

There are many, many things that I think should be legal but that I don't think are moral. Cheating on your spouse, lying to a friend, abusing drugs, etc etc. I'm too libertarian to say assisted suicide should be illegal, even though I think it is unethical.