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Against Euthanasia
Undeceptions with John Dickson
The Arguments About Autonomy
The UK has a long tradition of thinking about personal and individual autonomy, especially in relationship to the state. The worry that i have with the term autonomy is that there is a view that if you want something, you can get it, but without necessarily looking at what is the effect on other people. Ending some one's life isn't an expression of their moral agency,. It's the negation of every kind of agency. When loved ones fight for the patient's continued existence they are refusing to participate in the destruction of agency itself.
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