Right to assistance in suicide

Should the right to assistance in suicide apply to people don't have grave physical medical problems?

Some forms of injury and disease, which are not terminal, can make life painful and useless, potentially for decades. In those cases, I say the answer is yes. But what about people whose only medical issue is depression?

The article describes a real case of someone who applied for suicide aid because perse had been "denied housing assistance". The article is not explicit, but it this had left per homeless. Let's suppose so, because that is an interesting case to think about.

If you wish to die rather than be homeless and live on the street, what is the state's duty to you? The dispute presented here is whether the state's duty is to compel you to keep living on the street until random events change your situation, or to help you commit suicide.

Each of those policies would lead to bad outcomes sometimes, so this is a difficult choice between two imperfect policies. But that is just one aspect of your situation, just one aspect of your relationship with the state.

By considering more of the situation, we find a better answer: the state's duty is to give you a decent place to live. The state should offer that to everyone who is homeless, whether perse wishes to die or not.

Maybe then you would want to live. If you still want to die, it would not be due to homelessness.

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