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theonemind
on April 22, 2018
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Heart surgeons refuse difficult operations to avoi...
Not really. A treatment can decrease quality of life to the point where you don't want to live, or perhaps bankrupt your family for a small chance of success. This logic only holds if you assign infinite value to "live at any cost"
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