Hats off to The Argus for its prominent coverage of Dr Michael Irwin and the important but taboo subject of assisted suicide (The Argus, September 5 and 7).
One objection to assisted suicide is religious and stems from the idea that life, being God-given, is of infinite worth. Because a few seconds of life are of infinite worth, nothing must be done to hasten death.
However, from exactly the same starting assumption we can calculate that a short life and a long one must both be of infinite worth – which implies a shortened life has no less value than a long one.
Many people believe only religion can offer us ultimate answers.
They are correct – ultimately useless answers.
Dr Robert Stovold
Bath Street, Brighton
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