Assisted suicide Quote by Arthur J. Dyck

“Does the kind of thinking that permits assisted suicide provide a moral basis for protecting the preciousness of human life or does it fail…

— Arthur J. Dyck

“At stake then in the debate over assisted suicide is nothing less than a shift away from a moral structure that is at once…

— Arthur J. Dyck

With terminal illness, your fate is sealed. Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We…

— Arthur Caplan

“The rational arguments against suicide are compelling. It causes intense suffering for loved ones that few would intend in their right mind. It is…

— Michael Gerson

Suicide is a fundamental human right. This does not mean that it is morally desirable. It only means that society does not have the…

— Anonymous

Human life has dignity at every age the taking of innocent human life is always wrong. I believe our nation at every level of…

— Gary Bauer

What's important is that people give the kinds of reasons that can be understood and appraised apart from their particular comprehensive doctrines: for example,…

— John Rawls

Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the name of…

— Pope John Paul II

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have been profound ethical issues confronting doctors since the birth of Western medicine, more than 2,000 years ago.

— Ezekiel Emanuel

Of course, we know that not everyone agrees with assisted suicide, but people might agree that one has the right to it, even if…

— John Rawls

“Preventing a suicide is not necessarily a beneficent act if it forces the potential suicide to continue in a life of misery.”

— Gene Lester

“The answer to these questions is tied to the public's attitude about suicide. For many people, suicide is morally reprehensible. It's against their religion,…

— John Bateson