• Rediphile@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    you can sign a contract to allow me to bludgeon you to death, but it’s still murder regardless of your consent

    I agree this is the current law. But I certainly don’t agree with this law. Do you?

    I feel people should absolutely be allowed to consent to death, or potential death. And I mean, we already can in various other contexts like skiing in avalanche terrain, ordering too many big macs, or medically assisted suicide to prevent suffering from incurable conditions (at least in a few civilized places).

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      11 months ago

      You’re talking to someone whose wife died 4 months ago (at 34 years old), from one of those incurable conditions. I’ll let you guess how I feel about allowing people to end their life on their terms.

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      11 months ago

      I understand your point. I think people should be able to consent to that, but how do you assure they don’t do this because they get forced to agree?