(October 31, 2014 at 11:28 am)Heywood Wrote: I'm undecided on the question. The libertarian in me says the right to commit suicide is a personal liberty and as long as no harm comes to anyone one else, people should be free to engage in personal liberties without being regulated by the government. But there is a part of me that doesn't like the idea of suicide kits being sold to anyone who wants them.Because it's inconsistent to differentiate between your personal feelings about suicide and public policy regarding the rights of the terminally ill? Because there's no middle ground between allowing individuals to attain the means to peacefully end their lives and selling "suicide kits" like cigarettes? C'mon man, get with it.
Its not that I view everything as black and white. Its that I like my world view to be consistent.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza