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Do we have the right to die?

Suicide, euthanasia! Freedom to choose between life and dead! To me, if I have the right to live, I have the right to die! It is a basic personal human freedom! The State or the collective have limited power over these manners of individual rights. In Western society, the idea that this issue are not our business! is in part because of the Judeoâ€“Christian morality. It is cultural suggestion based on tradition. In a free pluralistic open society with limited government, If there is separation between the church and State? Should the collective force the individuals on this issue? What do you think?

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if the person is suffering HORRIBLY and has absolutely no quality of life at all, than yes

Touchy subject for me. But, yes, of course we do. I think, like most contreversial topics, those who deny someone's right or choice to do anything has never been affected by it in their lives. Live and let live...or in this case, die.

I don't think suicide should be lawful...

Your life is yours alone to do with as you please, including ending it on your own terms. Of course, ending your own life can be selfish and hurtful to others, though it's not always. Forcing someone to live against his or her will can be tantamount to torture.

my cousin died of suicide and i wasnt close enough to him to really understand what ppl go through when someone they love commit suicide. but for me my saddest moments were not knowing what had become of him...the same fear i feel when wondering what would become of me

its impossible for suicide to be accepted without freedom from our own personal fears of death

ya i think so, i think that suicide is retarded, anyone who'd rather become a statistic, then just deal with there problems, is a fool. but we all have free will. i think just the same as god gave us a time to be born, he also gave us all a time to die, weather or not we choos to wait for our time is a whole other thing. but ya we have the right to die, but just because we have the right doesnt mean we should use that right.

If I were in a state of terminal illness, intolerable pain and my quality of life was greatly diminished, I would prefer to hasten my death. If I were in a lingering coma and the prognosis for recovery was rare, I would not wish to be a burden (emotionally or financially) to my loved ones and would prefer to be removed from life support. I would make my wishes known - no heroic measures, and I would have a DNR in place. Sometimes I feel that we treat dogs and cats more humanely in their suffering than we treat humans.

@regmor12 people in the halls of power only make the laws that we support. Any legislature that tries to legalize the euthanasia of uninsured, non-terminal patients would be commiting political suicide. It would be either struck down in debates, vetoed, or repealed in a heartbeat. Don't get carried away with the "slippery slope" argument.

I believe that if god gives you the write to live, then it is beyond us to grasp the write to die. But then I'm an athiest so I don't quite feel that way.

I believe that if you call this form of dying suicide, that you should be aware that suicide has only been morally wrong for a short amount of time, and only in specific cultures. There is an honorable suicide, and I think that I should have the choice between living in intolerable pain without any chance of constructive experience or dying when I have have lost said chance. I would like to have the same amount of respect that people have for their dogs, and would want my family to euthanize, for lack of a better term, me before I suffer through a meaningless existence.

I think it comes down to this: Do we own our bodies or not?

No. Terminal illnesses exist in both physical and mental health--and yet it's apparently okay to put an end to one's physical suffering it's not for one's mental? Suicide is suicide to me. And I am 100% against suicide.

@regmor12 Think abou this: So according to your agreement we should allow people who are in the halls of power (the state ) to force things against their will ( like our right to die) Because they would later to be able to force us other things (like to euthanize people against their will if we can't afford to pay for your health care.)

Yes, I believe everyone has the right to die. But, in cases of suicide, I do not think they have the right to hurt their friends and family in such a way. If they have children who are dependent on them, they do not have a right to abandon those children. Euthanasia is something else. If someone were told that they'd die in a year or so at best, and that the entire time they'd be undergoing chemotherapy and be in intense pain, I would support that person if they decided to be euthanized.

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Touchy subject for me. But, yes, of course we do. I think, like most contreversial topics, those who deny someone's right or choice to do anything has never been affected by it in their lives. Live and let live...or in this case, die.

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my cousin died of suicide and i wasnt close enough to him to really understand what ppl go through when someone they love commit suicide. but for me my saddest moments were not knowing what had become of him...the same fear i feel when wondering what would become of me

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its impossible for suicide to be accepted without freedom from our own personal fears of death

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I believe that if god gives you the write to live, then it is beyond us to grasp the write to die. But then I'm an athiest so I don't quite feel that way.

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I think it comes down to this: Do we own our bodies or not?

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No. Terminal illnesses exist in both physical and mental health--and yet it's apparently okay to put an end to one's physical suffering it's not for one's mental? Suicide is suicide to me. And I am 100% against suicide.

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Do we have the right to die?

if the person is suffering HORRIBLY and has absolutely no quality of life at all, than yes

Touchy subject for me. But, yes, of course we do. I think, like most contreversial topics, those who deny someone's right or choice to do anything has never been affected by it in their lives. Live and let live...or in this case, die.

I don't think suicide should be lawful...

Your life is yours alone to do with as you please, including ending it on your own terms. Of course, ending your own life can be selfish and hurtful to others, though it's not always. Forcing someone to live against his or her will can be tantamount to torture.

my cousin died of suicide and i wasnt close enough to him to really understand what ppl go through when someone they love commit suicide. but for me my saddest moments were not knowing what had become of him...the same fear i feel when wondering what would become of me

its impossible for suicide to be accepted without freedom from our own personal fears of death

I believe that if god gives you the write to live, then it is beyond us to grasp the write to die. But then I'm an athiest so I don't quite feel that way.

I think it comes down to this: Do we own our bodies or not?

No. Terminal illnesses exist in both physical and mental health--and yet it's apparently okay to put an end to one's physical suffering it's not for one's mental? Suicide is suicide to me. And I am 100% against suicide.

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