The Wall Street Journal includes an essay about how the world's leading thinker on decisions, Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman, chose medical aid in dying.
In a final email, he explained: “I am still active, enjoying many things in life (except the daily news) and will die a happy man. But my kidneys are on their last legs, the frequency of mental lapses is increasing, and I am ninety years old. It is time to go.”
“Not surprisingly, some of those who love me would have preferred for me to wait until it is obvious that my life is not worth extending. But I made my decision precisely because I wanted to avoid that state, so it had to appear premature.”
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