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Can euthanasia be justified?

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For millennia, euthanasia (a word I use to include assisted suicide) has been considered morally and legally unjustifiable. People who oppose euthanasia still believe it's inherently wrong – it can't be morally justified and even compassionate motives don't make it ethically acceptable. read more

But although the need for euthanasia to relieve pain and suffering is the justification given, and the one the public accepts in supporting its legalization, research shows that dying people request euthanasia far more frequently because of fear of social isolation and of being a burden on others, than pain. read more

Those who believe that euthanasia should be legal would argue that everyone should have the right to choose how and when they want to die. The whole campaign about legalising euthanasia is to have the right to choose, which makes sense, as we are in a free country. read more

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