Comment by larsiusprime

For what it’s worth I draw the line closer to your preferences than you think - we would have stopped the CPR much earlier and let him go but everything happened so fast and we were never given a choice.

He breathes under his own power and is actually physically very healthy. We give food and water and basic care, but he is in hospice and we will not revive him if his heart stops again.

My line is that I won’t starve him to death and I won’t stop his heart myself. That’s my line. If everyone had this line the worst of the horrible lingering deaths from heroic but doomed medical interventions would be averted. On a purely utilitarian basis, I think that would be a world you would prefer to the status quo, no?

I’m sorry I don’t have your exact beliefs. If our positions were reversed I would respect your decision rather than call you names or speculate about your motives in a public forum.