Assisted suicide: For or against? Is it moral? Would you help a suffering person end their life if they needed your help to do it?

@Sidewinder

Where does consent enter into your definition?

If you strike me without my consent then that is assault.
If you strike me with my consent then that is anything from a sporting contest to sex play.

If you take my life against my will then that is murder.
If i ask you to take my life then why should that be considered the same act?

@Sidewinder first of all the term "assisted suicide" refers to a situation where the person suffering doesn't have the motor skills to kill themselves. they want to kill themselves but can't so they need someone else to do it. in places where this is legal it must be done by a health professional and a series of steps are required to verify that the person meets the requirements to be allowed an assisted suicide. obviously you would't be the one doing it yourself so no one will be accusing you of murder. the conditions required to allow this procedure are usually that 1: the person is in such pain or discomfort that enjoying life is not possible 2: the source of their suffering cannot be fixed or cured. 3: they are unable to kill themselves because of lack of motor skills. 4: they are sane 5: they have made it clear that they want to die. so, lets you live in a place where this is legal and someone you care for and depends on you to care for them and feed them and wash them etc asks you to make legal steps to find a health professional to do this for them, your answer would be " sorry, according to webster dictionary this would be by definition being involved in a murder and i am against murder so keep suffering, I'm not getting involved" ?

@reflectingmonkey assisted suicide can refer to helping someone get the drugs to end their life by prescription and providing medical oversight of the death