Thread: A Duty To Die?
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Old 10-09-2012, 16:38   #139
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Re: A Duty To Die?

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy View Post
That's what has happened, you and I have even discussed specific cases iirc and imo its what will happen again.
As I recall (but I can't find it), you posted a case where it was decided that Euthanasia should be allowed in people who suffer 'unbearable mental anguish' or something to that effect. That's rather different from expecting the lonely and depressed to end their lives, as you appear to be implying. That, patently is not happening.

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We treat animals *differently* than humans in this area, because they are animals. I see no necessary read-across from what a vet is allowed to do simply because an animal's owner asks him, to what a doctor is allowed to do.
It is indeed different. It is also, in my opinion better. I'd have thought that it was pretty obvious that I was voicing an opinion, rather than making a statement of fact?
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