Running Head: ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER1

Assisted life, assisted death: The argument for assisted suicide

Name

PHI103: Informal Logic

Ian McDougall

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Assisted life, assisted death: The argument for assisted suicide 2

Introduction

In order to create a discussion about the idea of assisted suicide, one must chose a side in the debate and develop an ethical and moral choice. The difficulty in deciding how to frame this discussion, however, is in the rhetoric and language with which it is discussed. The name of the topic in itself is a problem. It is termed assisted suicide, automatically assuming all of the implications that the word suicide provides. However, in examining this concept, one can begin to understand that it is not framed appropriately by this type...