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By David Fisher, published 26/10/2009A person who wishes to end his or her existence could be helped to do so in a suitable way if their wish is rational.
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Imagine: a wealthy aunt, very frail and incapacitated. A nephew cares for her. He is to inherit everything. She passes away suddenly of a drug overdose. The nephew says it was her wish. How is a court to decide between foul play and voluntary death ?
What definite sign can a person give that they want to die, and be helped to die, although they cannot do it themselves ? If they can do it themselves, it is not euthanasia, it is suicide.
So euthaniasia is surely confined to those few cases where a person cannot kill themselves but can somehow make their intentions clear, to the satisfaction of a court that murder (or manslaughter) has not been committed. A pretty fine line ?
Joe