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Suicide Is a Moral Right
- From Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights
By Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights - Advancing Objectivism
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Yes, yes, and yes !
I completely agree with this argument.
We have the freedom to decide if we see suicide fit. It is our life- we do not need anyone's "permission to live," as the article states, so why would we then need someone's approval to die? We all must find ways to be happy, but if horrible medical disasters delete all existence of that happiness, we should then be able to decide to die. "To hold otherwise--to declare that society must give you permission to kill yourself--is to contradict the right to life at its root."
The law should not inhibit individuals from assessing their life and making decisions that apply, almost exclusively, to them. If someone (a doctor) is willing to help a person who is suffering and in need, I see no fault in it. As long as it was thought over and one of the last resorts, who's to say it is wrong for that individual?
"The choice is his because the life is his."
- Juno March 1, 2009 7:33PM
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Suicide and Killing Others.
Soldiers kill in war all the time because they follow orders to do so. People who commit suicide are following their own orders. In either case, it is the resolution of a conflict by its utmost clarity.
- Parsifal
October 9, 2009 10:08PM
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