Why should anyone have a 'duty to suffer' if terminally ill?

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GIVEN the general tenor of Tuesday’s letters about assisted dying it would seem that their opinion is that no matter what, we should all have…

it would seem that their opinion is that no matter what, we should all have imposed on us “a duty to suffer” if terminally ill. To which I immediately think, to what end? To appease who and what? And to what purpose? Why should anyone have imposed on them from others an outright denial of their own autonomy to make their own decision when faced with a terminal and outrageously painful end ?

No, we should definitely have the free and autonomous choice to determine the nature of our own death for ourselves without their interference. If they don’t want to avail themselves of that choice, fine, I would uphold their right to do so. However, they should never deny to others the choice.And lest anyone think that I am totally lacking in a spiritual dimension, I would add that in my teenage years I had a near-death experience.

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