<div dir="ltr">Agreed. For example, quite a few MAGA types would recommend it for any Democrat, on the basis that being a Democrat is incurable insanity - and some Democrats would recommend it for the most extreme MAGA types on the same basis.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I'm all for it on an individual basis, however, having people recommend it <br>
could lead to some thorny ethical issues.<br>
<br>
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
<br>
> Most cases of assisted suicide or euthanasia (ASE) in the Netherlands<br>
> – the first country to legalise the practice in 2002 – involve people<br>
> with terminal illnesses. But ASE for psychiatric reasons is on the<br>
> rise. In 2010, only two people sought euthanasia on the grounds of<br>
> mental health. That increased to 68 in 2019 and to 138 last year.<br>
><br>
> <<a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/18/why-are-dutch-doctors-euthanising-a-healthy-young-woman/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/18/why-are-dutch-doctors-euthanising-a-healthy-young-woman/</a>><br>
><br>
> Quotes:<br>
> Psychiatric euthanasia remains divisive in the Netherlands. Many Dutch<br>
> people who were initially in favour of ASE are reconsidering their<br>
> positions because of it. Boudewijn Chabot is one such critic, a<br>
> psychiatrist who actually received a suspended sentence for carrying<br>
> out the first reported case of euthanasia for psychiatric reasons in<br>
> the 1990s. Now Chabot worries that the legalisation of ASE has gone<br>
> too far. ‘I am not against euthanasia in psychiatry or severe<br>
> dementia’, he writes. ‘[But] I am extremely concerned that doctors are<br>
> trying to solve social misery due to lack of treatment and care, by<br>
> opening the gate to the end.’<br>
> In Canada, people seek out euthanasia to solve poverty, homelessness<br>
> and lack of medical care. In the Netherlands, therapists seem to have<br>
> given up on treating the mentally unwell, recommending euthanasia<br>
> instead.<br>
> --------------<br>
><br>
> Extending euthanasia to get rid of problems or difficult cases sounds<br>
> very dubious to me.<br>
><br>
> BillK<br>
><br>
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