#605: Autonomy and Suicide

A short reflection.

TLDR: If autonomy sanctions suicide in cases of suffering, why not also in other cases?

I have been reading Principles of Biomedical Ethics lately, in preparation for a weekend conversation with the Paul Ramsey Fellowship. Beauchamp and Childress’ (B&C’s) work has a claim to be the most influential work in medical ethics since the first edition came out…