I cannot do that because I am not a medical professional and even if I was I wouldn't be the only one making that decision. I do have a lot of respect for the people whose job it is to perform euthanasia. It's not an act of cruelty, but of kindness.

> What if they change their mind (even if no longer of sound mind) and say they no longer want to die? Would you go ahead and kill them anyway?

No euthanasia program is going to kill someone who says they do not wish to die. The moral hazard mainly comes from when they are no longer able to express their wish. Then the decision is based on the wish expressed when they were still able and the wish of family members.

This is not all too different from someone who has suffered severe brain damage and is kept alive on life support. Would you keep them alive until they die of old age or would you respect the family's wish to stop treatment? People with severe dementia may not be on a breathing apparatus, but they also cannot survive without the constant support of hospice care.

But cases where the person can no longer express their wish are exceptional. It is often that their wish to end their suffering is so strong that they will stop eating to hasten their demise. What would you do in that situation? Would you forcibly feed them through a tube because you do not believe they are allowed to determine the manner of their death? Or would you simply ignore their suffering as they die a slow and agonizing death from malnutrition? This is what I mean when I say that you would be forcing someone to suffer.