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03 Mar 2011, 10:57 am

I think the tough question is where does choice end? Some disorders can have the courts force treatment. Children have no choice.

There are a number of moral and ethical questions when speaking of a cure.


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03 Mar 2011, 7:21 pm

Thank you for your responses, everyone. :D


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03 Mar 2011, 11:41 pm

LostInEmulation wrote:
jojobean wrote:
I think the critera should be simple, do they suffer from it and want to be cured. I dont think anyone should force a cure on them though


Yeah, indeed. I am not one of the people in the OP since I do want a cure for myself. But yeah, it is high time we have a bit more control about our mental functions.


What I think is most important is that we should have a choice in the matter, not some curebie putting us through medical hell like my mom did, but that we should be able to choose if we want to be cured. I think any criteria that does not include one's free choice is flawed


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