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Truly beneficent euthanasia.


The Humanist advocates for a person to get legal assistance (perhaps by a physician) if they are dying, with the proviso A condition, stipulation, or limitation inserted in a document.

A condition or a provision in a deed, lease, mortgage, or contract, the performance or non-performance of which affects the validity of the instrument. It generally begins with the word provided.
 that two doctors certify that the patient is dying and that the patient hasn't more than six months to live and is suffering from pain that isn't relievable.

I believe this is wrong. A person should be able to receive assistance in dying from anyone: friend, stranger, or doctor. A judge should only certify that dying is truly the person's wish--for whatever reason, not just terrible pain--and that the person who renders this assistance will be immune from prosecution.

I realize that Humanists

This is a partial list of famous humanists, including both secular and religious humanists.
  • Steve Allen - Allen was a Humanist Laureate in the The International Academy Of Humanism,[1]
 are generally sympathetic toward people who wish to terminate their lives. But some Humanists feel that they must pussyfoot puss·y·foot  
intr.v. puss·y·foot·ed, puss·y·foot·ing, puss·y·foots
1. To move stealthily or cautiously.

2. Informal To act or proceed cautiously or timidly to avoid committing oneself.
 around its legality and not ask too much all at once and approach the broader goal in doable small steps. I don't agree! I think Humanists should go for the full emancipation right now and strive for the full freedom of conscience to dictate their own lives and deaths.

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Author:Young, W. Rae
Publication:The Humanist
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Date:Jul 1, 2003
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