the situations and take into account the specifics of a case these "slippery slopes" can be avoided. The arguments both for and against Euthanasia will continue for years to come as it has in the past. Aristotle condemned it. David Hume defended it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau called the right to suicide a "clear and self-evident principle" [Economist, Oct 16,'99]. Yet in today's society, especially in America, it goes beyond the "suicide is bad" argument. In America it needs to center around rights. A great person once said that we do not have the freedom of speech unless we have the freedom to refuse to speak. And we do not have the freedom of religion unless we have the freedom not to be religious. So then how do we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness unless we have the freedom to deny any one of these? Our life is not our own if we cannot choose when to let it go. ...
