Posted on 10/31/2010 10:32:22 AM PDT by wagglebee
I suggest we test the old battle-axes hypothesis by insisting she lead the way.
There is no moral justification why the opinions of judges, lawyers and doctors should override those of the patient [who has expressed a wish to die], she said,
...is completely logical and irrefutable, IF you think that Human Beings are the ultimate arbiters of their own morality. She believes this kind of thing because it is a natural outcome of the presuppositions she has about the nature of life. Unless she can be persuaded to rethink that, there's no point in arguing over a relatively minor application point like assisted suicide.
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