PHIL 27 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Liberal Democracy, Consequentialism
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Must be over 18 and have a good reason (terminal illness/whether you are capable to make that decision and no mental illness) Must go through process: verbal requrest (2, written requires (1, doctors can say no to referral. Assisted suicide you do it yourself (pill that ends ur life) Religious objections decision to end life is up to god, not you. Even if this is true, it is not a good basis for objecting laws. The first one because he thinks that the option to choose is kind of a burden. We would choose life until death becomes a choice. There should be an unspoken permission for some people to perform an assisted suicide. No one has an obligation to either ban or promote it. Consequentialist argument for assisted suicide according to vellemen. When we allow assisted suicide, people will feel like they have a burden on them and want to commit assisted suicide.
