• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    Yeah I support the right to a comfortable death, but there’s a hard line here of only for people who will die in the near future with or without intervention of a disease they’re suffering from a sufficiently advanced case of. And it needs strict controls including oversight by disabled people.

    I’ve watched a person slowly and painfully waste away to a disease. But I’ve also seen people say my life isn’t worth living.

    Choices still matter in drug addiction and it shouldn’t receive the final mercy we may choose to offer to the terminally ill who are unable to even end their own life. If they want to die then they should have to do it themselves without help.

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      1 year ago

      Now you’re making yourself the arbiter of whose suffering is deserving of relief. Who are you to be the judge?

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        The difference is that drug addiction can be cured. Maybe we should try rehab first. If they’re not clean or OD’ed after x number of years ok maybe then. But hell let’s try first.

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          I still don’t think that answers the question:

          Why should anyone other than yourself be the arbiter of if your life should continue?

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            Because people under the influence of drugs don’t always make choices that they won’t regret when they’re sober. I have personally witnessed people that wanted to die while fucked up on legally obtained prescription drugs used as directed because the side effects are just that bad. They don’t feel that way once they’re off that shit.

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              No one has suggested you would just execute a person on sight while they are under the influence.

              In these situations there are interviews, evaluations and waiting periods to ensure the person is ‘of sound mind’ before proceeding.

              So with that cleared up, I’ll repeat my question.

              Why should you get to be the arbiter of if someone else is allowed to die?

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                If they’re truely of sound mind then I don’t see a problem with it if they want to take the long night night.

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                That’s the thing though. How could individuals struggling with addiction maintain clear and rational thinking?

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          Drug addiction cannot be cured. For many, it can be successfully treated, but it’s a chronic condition which requires a lifetime of treatment. Results vary widely, as does quality of life for those with addiction.

          And nobody is saying attempts to treat a person’s addiction shouldn’t be tried first.

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        Nobody is being the judge, the individuals condition is what is preventing them from commiting suicide. And we have no moral obligation to carry out any action someone else wants, including killing them.

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          You are judging these individuals here, based on your morals. This isn’t about your morals, nor is anyone claiming that you are obligated to do anything. If someone else wishes to apply for this program due to their irremediable physical and/or psychological suffering, who are you to say they’re undeserving of the help, especially when it has nothing to do with you?

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            “Judging these individuals here”

            Are you illiterate? Would you like to prove this statement to me?

            “Nobody is claiming that you are obligated”

            One is not obligated, this had nothing to do with me specifically.

            “Who are you to say that they’re undeserving of that help”

            Because there is no obligation to enable an action based on a desire. This is simply you (and others who make this argument) carving out a moral imperative simply because it justifies something you already want (post-hoc justification).

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              Mixing insults with the straw man argument that this has anything to do with morality is a fallacious argument on its face. And feigning ignorance of the meaning of your own words while asserting an intellectual argument is peak mental gymnastics. And I’m not trying to justify anything— it’s you who is trying to justify denying people medically-approved care due to your stated morality and a refusal of some “obligation” that doesn’t actually exist.

              Nobody but you is claiming any “obligation” to anything. This is matter between an individual and their medical providers, not one which involves you in any way. So, once again who are you to judge these people as undeserving of the state’s assistance if their medical providers approve them for it?

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                “That this has anything to do with morality”

                You literally claimed that people have an inherent right, and even in this comment you are heavily implying that not providing assisted suicide is bad. (Both moral claims. In case you don’t know morality is just a system of determining if something is good or bad).

                “Nobody but you is claiming any obligation”

                You are claiming that people have a right to be killed by a second party. That second party therefore has some obligation to fulfill that right.

                I’m fairly certain that if everyone in the world refused to meet this obligation, you would still object because it violates the subject’s wishes.

                “I’m not trying to justify anything”

                Besides of course permitting a second party to kill someone.

                I’ll accept that I’m trying to justify denying this right to have your desire to die fulfilled (as it simply doesn’t exist for any other action or desire) because that is simply a moral argument, just like you are making moral arguments regardless of whether you are aware of it or not.

                FYI mixing insults with an argument is not a logical error as commonly claimed. As long as it not part of the premises or reasoning any statement (insult or not) has no effect on the soundness of the argument. Also my argument wasn’t that you made a moral claim, it’s extremely obvious that you did I would never have bothered to point it out. The argument is that you are arguing for second-party homicide (and impermissible act) to be allowed based on some right to have your wishes fulfilled that simply doesn’t exist.

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                  Wow, what a hilarious rant full of outright lies and misinformation. Are you capable of telling the truth, or is your position so weak that you can’t make your point without repeatedly asserting debunked points such as imaginary “obligations” or by ignoring those with irremediable lifelong physical and/or psychological suffering as determined by medical professionals? Because you seem to want to use your own ignorance to judge these people rather than let professionals be the arbiters due to your own twisted morality.

                  It seems that you just want to see people suffer. Once again: who are you to judge whether someone should suffer rather than be deserving of relief? Why do you refuse to answer?

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                    The question is not whether or not someone should suffer, but whether it is permissible to kill another, or even a proper choice. Should assisted suicide be granted for temporary conditions? After all subjects of temporary conditions suffer too and they may even wish to die. If you say no, then clearly your decision making is able to override a desire of the subject. If you say yes, then there is no logical barrier to killing any momentarily sad person.

                    “Who are you to judge … Why do you refuse to answer”

                    I’ve been answering this entire time. The answer is everyone is able to judge, there appears to be this underlying fundamental intuition and logic across humans that if followed leads to the statements I’ve made.

                    Feeling sad for someone and wanting to alleviate there suffering does not logically lead to “therefore we should actively kill them”.

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                    Do you literally not know what ethics is? You’ve acted like a complete and total moron in every reply on this post.

                    You realise you can sum your position to

                    If someone desires something

                    Then we should grant it despite any prohibition on active killing, ( presumably so long as it does not harm an individual other than the subject)

                    But this isn’t actually accepted by virtually anyone, see suicidality for temporary conditions or just the fact that we have no apparent obligation to grant something based on mere desire.

                    The entire pro-euthanasia argument relies on basing moral principles on wildly variable emotions and sympathy.

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          Personal insults and accusations without evidence are not an answer to my question, but an evasion.

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              It’s not a complete argument if you’re going to make accusations without evidence. And hurling insults and accusations instead of answering my question is clearly an evasion.