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[lucy]

This I see is the core of the matter. I see the view here (with you and other people) that if you consent to your own death you are out of your mind and should not be allowed.

I have another view: Any person owns themselves. If you cannot own yourself, then there is not real freedom and that, to me, is the single most important thing in life.

The consequence of that is that you also can - for whatever reason - decide what to do with yourself, including dying as in suicide or agreeing to or asking someone to kill you.

I second all that. However, suiciding or asking someone to kill you might very likely collide with other's peoples interests and freedom. Be it only because someone has to clean the mess and/or live with what you left. And that can be taken literally: When i was 11, a neighbour (20 years old and a mate of my brother) shot himself in the basement. It was messy; brains and blood everywhere. My brother found him, and to this day he has problems going to a basement. I never went to that basement anymore until we finally moved. Not because i was scared of what happened, but because i was afraid i might find another dead person.
I know it's probably the last thing a suicidal person thinks about, but it would only be fair to think of the persons who will find you.

The same with asking someone to kill you, even when you're about to die anyway. That can put immense pressure on the person who's asked to "do the job". I don't think a lot of persons could either comply or not comply with that wish without having a huge problem with it.

[thir]

I second all that. However, suiciding or asking someone to kill you might very likely collide with other's peoples interests and freedom. Be it only because someone has to clean the mess and/or live with what you left.

Point. It would be good to do it in a way as to not upset people who will find you. That may be difficult, though!

The same with asking someone to kill you, even when you're about to die anyway. That can put immense pressure on the person who's asked to "do the job". I don't think a lot of persons could either comply or not comply with that wish without having a huge problem with it.

These persons would likewise have their freedom to say 'no' to that.