05-04-2018, 02:14 PM
Well, I hate to tell you, but you´re simplifying the issue. As a German living between two countries that have "assisted suicide" (Switzerland and the Netherlands), I can say that the "right to die" is something that won´t apply to your specific medical condition, even in those two countries. Assisted suicide is in fact a double edged sword and abuse of that "right" is something no one can want. Both mentioned countries have very specific conditions that have to be met (terminal illness like cancer in the last phase or something similar) and the proband has to undergo a long vetting process to qualify for an assisted suicide.
From a philosophical perspective, I do support "euthanasia" (greek for "good death" / eu- prefix means good and thanatos means death), but there have to be strict limitations preventing people from throwing away their lives just because they´re depressive or going through a hard phase. I support assisted suicide, but not Futurama like "suicide booths"...and I suspect that´s basically what you have in mind here.
