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Left to a natural environment, a man with two broken feet will surely perish as well, [quote]
Not in society where a parapalegic can support himself and can get a quart of sweet and sour chicken delivered to his doorstep. We are talking about an industrialized nation in 2005, not ancoient Sumeria.
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like a man with cancer will die of natural causes if left alone as surely as a man with no higher brain function will.
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Or their body will just deactivate.
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Just because you do not DIRECTLY kill or not kill them (or save them) does that mean you're not responsible?
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Depends on the situation.
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If you don't directly put effort towards killing someone, but they still die, is that ok, then? Because if it is, we can just solve all cases where euthanasia is discussed, by just stopping to feed these people. They'll die by starvation on their own, us having directly done nothing to kill them.
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If they require a feeding tube, then its not killing them.
Honestly, its complicated and I'm still figuring out my total position.