Question re Chapter 7 – The Good

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    Steve Chipman
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    On page 213 of OPAR it states “Objectivism says that remaining alive is the goal of values and of all proper action”. As a general statement I think this is true. But would the example of someone with a terminal illness in constant severe pain which cannot be alleviated be an exception to this? For such a person seeking death and a way to obtain it would be rational and proper would it not?

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    Jon Hersey
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    Yes, this relates to my answer to your question about “the choice to live.” I won’t rehash that here, except to say that it is rational, in certain contexts, to welcome and even cause one’s own death.

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