Patient Assisted Suicide

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The writer proposes that each person should have the ability to choose his or her moment of death. The writer argues that if a person chooses to die because they are in severe pain, or due to extreme illness, then they are justified in doing so. The writer believes that, although taking one's own life may seen as wrong, there are situations in which taking ones own life is just as appropriate as dying of a natural cause.

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"In this philosophical study, Thomas Nagel's thoughts on the meaningfulness of life, the Lucretian viewpoints on the inevitability of death, and David Hume's philosophical position on importance of "naturality" of our actions governing suicide will be discussed in order to prove my argument on death. Also, the philosophy of Robert Brandt in support of suicide will be mentioned in order to further strengthen my viewpoint. In my opinion, destiny is not something that is out of my control. For me, death is something that cannot be avoided. In essence, one can argue that although taking one's own life may be seen as immoral, there are relativistic situations in which dying due to the cause of one's own choice is better than dying of a natural cause."

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