Singer's Code Of Ethics

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Singer makes it very clear that the law against patients not being able to choose death with dignity should not be one that stands. The person making the choice for them self is the direct expression of their own will and autonomy. Singer takes into consideration the patient has already thought greatly on the future they will have, and determined it to be one of tremendous amounts of suffering. Suffering not just for them, but all loved ones considered. The final decision of the patient’s death to be with dignity, singer acknowledges the final choice needs to be respected.

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