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Assisted Suicide
In thousands of homes across the nation victims of terminal illnesses
sit in pain due to their sicknesses. Should these people have to go through all
of that pain and suffering just for the end result of death? Should these
people have the right to assisted death, to rid themselves of unbearable pain?
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.... truly loves one another would not urge a family member to rush any
decision as momentous as ending one's life. If there is caring among the family,
the suicide would not take place until is was utterly necessary.
Two other important moral questions also arise from this issue. First,
do our mortal lives belong to us alone, are we sovereign over our bodies, or do
they belong to the communities of families in which we are embedded? Second,
will this right give the terminally ill a greater sense of control over their
circumstances, or will it weaken respect for life?(Carter 2 ....
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