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Written by Benjamin S-B :verified: on 2024-11-23 at 21:30

There's intense debate in the UK right now about legalising assisted suicide. Several politicians have come out on different sides, but I found this letter from Shabana Mahmood (via @TheGuardian) particularly powerful:

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Written by Benjamin S-B :verified: on 2024-11-23 at 21:35

This sentence sums up the issue, from a legal and moral (/Kantian) perspective:

"The right to die, for some, will - inexorably and inevitably - become the duty to die for

others."

I do agree with her that on this basis alone, despite the importance of self-determination and the understandable desire of some individuals to end their suffering, the provision of death can never be a function of the state, or even be something that the state facilitates.

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