Euthanasia || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: On Antinatalism and Euthanasia || Acharya Prashant, with Ahimsa Fellows (2023)

Transcript

00:00What is euthanasia for humans? Should it be made legal in India?

00:04Euthanasia has to be distinct from suicide.

00:08It is a thing of realizing that the time has come and the body is not going to hold up.

00:14The probability of recovery is just too slim.

00:17Therefore, it does not make sense to just drag on.

00:20And when medical experts can certify that the probability of revival

00:25or some kind of normal functioning life is less than, let's say, 1%,

00:31then the fellow must have the choice to opt out of life.

00:35I suppose it's dignified to go rather than just overstay your utility, your joy.

00:42No point, just hanging on.

00:44Live a great life, live deeply, have challenges, have purposes, fulfill them.

00:49And then depart with honor, depart with dignity, depart as a matter of choice,

00:53not as a matter of chance or compulsion.