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1. What are your thoughts on the ethics of assisted suicide?
2. What are your thoughts on the ethics of involuntary quarantine (long term or permanent) of persons with communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS?

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This solution discusses assisted suicide and the ethics of involuntary quarantine.

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1. The danger of assisted suicide is the fact that it becomes a slippery slope not just for people with terminal disease but also for those who are depressed or those who may otherwise have issues that can be easily resolved unbeknownst to them. Thus, it's hard to put safeguards into place for assisted suicide as they may ...

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