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An overview of a pro-euthanasia argument.

Reasons/themes based on rights

People have an explicit right to die

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A separate right to die is not necessary, because our other human rights imply

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the right to die

Death is a private matter and if there is no harm to others, the state and

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other people have no right to interfere

Practical reasons/themes

It is possible to regulate euthanasia

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Death is a private matter and if there is no harm to others, the state and

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other people have no right to interfere

Allowing people to die may free up scarce health resources

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Euthanasia happens anyway

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Philosophical reasons/themes

Euthanasia satisfies the criterion that moral rules must be universalisable

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Euthanasia happens anyway

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Is death a bad thing?

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(BBC, 2014)

What are your reasons to support an anti-euthanasia argument?

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