Do you feel that a human being has a duty to live? Is there perhaps a positive right to die, unter certain and very complicated conditions that have nonbinary decision parameters?
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Replying to @Plinz @clairlemon
Yes. But one must first be of sound mind.
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That's why both her legal guardian (in this case her mother) and a doctor had to consent.
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Not good enough. Too many emotions from guardian and not enough from doctor. First, do no harm.
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If you prevent a patient from escaping their pain, you are possibly doing harm.
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Got it. So you objectively consider subjective pain a greater harm than death?
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Yes, of course. Existence may contain the potential for benefit and harm, but is by itself neutral.
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Not “of course” in Christian philosophy. We believe all Life is sacred and has value. For us the presence of life is never neutral. We grant that there is suffering and often much suffering but to thumb one’s nose at one’s own Life is the only (objectively) unforgivable sin.
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Yes, but these beliefs are based on your personal religious faith, and hence don't apply to those parts of society that don't subscribe to the same faith. For instance, I am a vegetarian for ethical reasons, but I don't have a right to expect you to follow my personal ethics.
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Understood. I am sad that you don’t have the same reverence for life itself but I really appreciate your consistency. (Assuming it’s not the death of animals that motivates your vegetarianism but their mistreatment.)
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Yes. Please don't be sad. :)
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