1. Physician assisted suicide
Society's interest in life preservation should be lessened when a person is terminally ill and has strong desire to end their life. ... No one can reasonably deny this, but it exacerbates a problem which has always been an issue, such as how do you treat those patients who are alive, but are not living lives they think are worthwhile, and have no prospects for anything better. There is a strong case for allowing persons who are facing intractable pain or indignities in the final stages of their lives to determine for themselves when life is no longer worth living, and, where necessary, r...
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