Comment by batch12
3 years ago
> Killing someone in an attempt to help is deeply unethical, while merely letting them die is not your fault.
If a train is coming with someone pinned to the tracks, and they are begging you to hand them an axe so they can remove their own leg-- knowing they may die from blood loss, do you just do nothing?
Moreover, if a terminal cancer patient wants to commit suicide, they can legally do so on several jurisdictions. Why then, can they not instead opt for this treatment as an alternative to suicide?