A Dignified Death Wish
In the children’s story, “More Or Better”, a boy meets an old woman in the forest, who is selling magical beans. She offers him “more” or “better”. He chooses more and spreads it around his house. The bean plants grow so high he can’t get out. He then goes back to the old woman and tells her he’s changed his mind and he wants “better”. She gives it to him, and again he spreads it around his house. After that, he had the best vegetables ever grown.
This dilemma of quality versus quantity is one which people have wrestled with for years. It is also one thing that must be considered when discussing doctor-assisted suicide. Is it better to live a long time in pain or to die when the pain becomes unbearable? Should th
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