We should end the suffering of patients who know they are dying and want to do so peacefully - Peter Singer (2017) ; Legalising assisted dying would be a failure of collective human memory and imagination - Margaret Somerville (2017)

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[...] We should end the suffering of patients who know they are dying and want to do so peacefully - Peter Singer (2017) ; Legalising assisted dying would be a failure of collective human memory and imagination - Margaret Somerville (2017) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/18/we-should-end-the-suffering-of-patients-who-know-they-are-dying-and-want-to-do-so-peacefully Peter Singer's article is a reflection on how the perception of assisted death has changed over the past several years. The author says, that he always supported helping people end their lives for the same reason that he has fought against hunger and poverty: because he believes in everyone's right to conduct fulfilling lives, without pointless suffering. [...]

[...] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/20/legalising-assisted-dying-would-be-a-failure-of-collective-human-memory-and-imagination Madam Somerville's article, on the contrary, argues that euthanasia is an unneeded cruelty, and that it can have unforeseen consequences on a society. Her main argument is that the weakest people in a society, although not forced to, are the most likely to end their lives. In this regard, she compares euthanasia rhetoric to Nazi-era rhetoric saying that some lives were not worth living. These people, she argues, should be helped and cared for, not allowed to die alone. [...]