In his ‘Letter to Menoecus’, the Stoic philosopher Epicurus famously argued that the notion of euthanasia is an oxymoron – death can be neither good nor bad for who dies. How could a complete void be rationally welcomed or feared? In her study of the ethical, legal and political issues raised by suicide and euthanasia, Miriam Cosic reveals how, to many, the concept of a good death is far from incoherent. Many people feel that the question of whether death can ever be a good thing is for them alone to answer.
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