Paralyzed UK Woman Wins Right to Die

[Mrfrog840]

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[Elledan]

Justice has been done.

 

[b0mbrman]

So what are the implications of this and are they good or bad?

 

[Kadarin]

I think everyone deserves the right to die with dignity if they so choose.

 

[Elledan]

<< So what are the implications of this and are they good or bad? >>


Now other people who are in a similar situation can choose whether they want to end their life or not.

IMHO, forcing people to live, even though they don't want it anymore, is more immoral than giving them the choice to end their life. It's a positive implication.

 

[b0mbrman]

So where do you set the line between normal suicide and this?

 

[Kadarin]

<< So where do you set the line between normal suicide and this? >>



Just for fun and to start an ethical debate, why is "normal suicide" so bad? Admittedly, if someone does it in such a way as to get their picture posted on a certain well-known website, it can be upsetting for anyone who is on the scene. However, I wonder why suicide is not culturally acceptable in the sense that we don't allow someone to take their own life (preferably in a clean and painless manner) if they so choose. Why is it bad?

 

[Elledan]

<< So where do you set the line between normal suicide and this? >>


When someone is clearly suffering from an incurable disease or is in an irreversible coma, it's called euthanasia when this suffering is ended in a painless manner.

Anything else is called suicide.

 

[yakko]

Good for her.

 

[MikeO]

<< IMHO, forcing people to live, even though they don't want it anymore, is more immoral than giving them the choice to end their life. >>



Agreed.

 

[stonecold3169]

IMHO, the difference between this and suicide is that suicide is often done on impulse and over a temporary manner, such as a breakup or what not. Most people will get over a break up, but the initial shock can be rough. Rough enough for some people to take their own lives. If they had just taken a night out and a good nights rest to think it over, they probably wouldn't have killed themselves.

This woman, on the other hand, can not move, and all she has time to do is think... think all day long about it. Her decision was not made on impulse, but over a long period of time of uncurable pain, agony, and it attacked her pride. It is hard to draw a line, but I think there is a difference.

 

[Martin]

That's good.


Good to see judges have common sense 🙂

 

[Nutdotnet]

I'm happy for her.

 

[Howard]

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