The hype surrounding Philip Nitschke’s “Sarco”
01 July 2024
A note from DIGNITAS – To live with dignity – To die with dignity
In the last few weeks one topic caught the attention of the media, just as it did in December 2021: Philip Nitschke, respectively the organisation “Exit International” and their branch “The Last Resort”, announcing that soon the first person would self-determinedly die in his suicide-automat “Sarco” in Switzerland. The following is overlooked in this context: if the human right to self-determination over the end of one’s own life would really be respected, Nitschke’s “Sarco” would have little relevance. (pdf)
