Can you think of any non-religious reason for people not to have proper, safeguarded channels through which to go if they want to commit suicide?
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Mr. Meaulnes
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yes, religion aside, they would need to do it in such a way as to not be a burden on the tax payers. They would need to set everything up beforehand so the rest of us would not have to pay for their mess to be cleaned up after they kill themselves. Their legal affairs, their tax obligations, their credit card debt, their rent payment... it would be too easy for them to take the easy way out and kill tehmselves and then we would have to step in and pay for them after they are gone.
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Yes, because there are valid concerns about the rightness of allowing suicide. Even situations where suicide is an alternative to a long sickness aren't a clear cut moral argument. Many people that are diagnosed with terminal illness experience depression. For most people with long term but terminal illnesses, the depression passes. How do you judge whether someone is truly ready to let their life go to avoid a painful end, or if they are someone who will later decide a short painful life is better than ending it early? Is it better to help them die or try to get them to want to live, if either is possible? Assisted suicide also opens the door for euthanasia, and that's a subject with even more ethical questions. I think there are some strong arguments for the rightness of assisted or sanctioned suicide. But there are problems that keep it from being a simple moral choice.
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