RE: Do you support euthanasia?
February 18, 2015 at 12:03 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2015 at 12:05 pm by Dystopia.)
(February 18, 2015 at 11:51 am)robvalue Wrote: Yes, it's more difficult when it comes to children. But if they have a terminal disease and have nothing to look forward to but months/years of permanent suffering, it seems unfair to force them through that. How the decision is made is much more tricky.Meh I don't know - Children usually don't make decisions that damage their bodily well being because they're not mature enough. The suffering part is relative because some people genuinely don't mind living with suffering, I think we shouldn't make assumptions about other people's pain, it's up to each individual to decide if his/her life is worth living or not.
Children is a complicated issue because they are legally incapacitated to consent in a variety of acts, and I don't think parents can legally decide if their children dies or not, it's not their life
I think euthanasia should be legally regulated because if left unregulated it could open the door to a variety of issues, such as eugenics and "unauthorized" killing. We can't assume someone wants do die, we need to ask the question first - It's like consent for sex, it needs to be informed and rational.
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