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Full Idea
It seems that voluntary euthanasia can only be carried out by someone who is both sane, and crazed by pain.
Gist of Idea
We only allow voluntary euthanasia to someone who is both sane and crazed by pain
Source
Yale Kamisar (Against Euthanasia [1958], p.77)
Book Ref
'Ethics for Modern Life', ed/tr. Abelson,R./Friquegnon,M [St Martin's 1987], p.77
A Reaction
A fair point, despite its obvious exaggeration. How much pain must someone experience before we permit them to choose euthanasia?