(April 9, 2015 at 4:58 pm)abaris Wrote:(April 9, 2015 at 4:51 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I generally agree that people should have control over their own bodies.
Yeah, they should. But there's a very fine line to walk. We have that unspeakable past where Hitler used the concept of Euthanasia to get rid of mentally ill persons as well as what was called asocial elements.
The checks and balances for Euthanasia have to be tremendous so that no politician or lobbyist can lay their dirty hands on it. I guess for some health insurers it could be a wet dream come true if allowed ot run unchecked.
That is not an apt comparison. There is a significant difference between someone having control over his or her own body, and someone else deciding to kill the person. In fact, those are complete opposites.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
