9. Surely people should be able to control their own destinies and decide when and how they should die? Isn’t it a
private matter?
It is a self-evident myth that people are able to have control of their lives and destinies. Changing fortune has a habit of
arriving ‘out of the blue.’ Personal autonomy is not an absolute right: for the sake of harmony in society everyone has to
modify their behaviour and personal desires. As noted in the answer to question 6, what might be thought desirable for
a tiny minority of people has the potential to put the lives of hundreds of thousands of others at risk. And voluntary
euthanasia is no private matter: it is a public one in that at least two other people are involved in the process of vetting
the patient, prescribing the lethal dose and administering it.
10. Pro-euthanasia advocates recommend voluntary euthanasia as the way to ensure one dies with dignity. What’s
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