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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
i've been interested in the responses so far as i've not really made up my mind on this at all. maybe i never will...
ending your own life in case of alzheimer's or extreme terminal debilitating pain seems to be morally acceptable to me, but not on the grounds of the "it's my own body" argument.
do we really only belong to ourselves? i'm not so sure. on some levels, i would say that we belong to eachother. certainly someone with children or a spouse would have a tough time arguing that they're only accountable to themselves.
choosing to die effects a wide circle of people in very powerful ways. this atomic view of the individual can sometimes be selfish or shortsighted i think.
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Well, no one ever said it wouldn't be selfish to end your own life, just that we have a right to. You have a right to break up with people, and that hurts them too, and can be done for selfish reasons, just as one example.