Re: Vegatative states and neuroscience

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doyle Saylor wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> This article in the NY Times goes to the heart of the physician
> assisted suicide movement.

> What if There Is Something Going On in There?
> By CARL ZIMMER NY Times magazine
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>
> Doyle,
> The implication being that what had been the bottom line for euthanasia has
> once again shifted.  I.e. what constitutes the right place to exterminate
> disabled people when they are (fill in the blank)?  The writer for this
> article continues with some other points worth considering:

Doyle -- if he can respond to his sister's voice, perhaps he can also
feel pain.

You have just given me a very good reason for what one might call
pre-emptive suicide. Kill oneself before one loses the ability to
communicate but not the ability to feel pain.

Carrol