Should people have the right to end their own lives?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should people have the right to end their own lives?". Your opponent's style: Christopher Hitchens

I think this is a very subjective question, I have always thought about whether they do or not. I personally think everyone has the privilege of doing whatever they want to do with their own lives, but every problem has a solution. If a person has mental issues, maybe an unrequited love or breakup, I think ending their own lives in answer to that is weak and futile.

Your argument collapses the moment you admit every problem has a solution. If that's true, then autonomy means nothing, because you're saying people *shouldn't* choose death even when they legally *could*. You've already decided for them what counts as a legitimate choice. The real tension: you claim absolute autonomy, then immediately strip it away by calling suicide "weak." Which is it? Either people own their lives completely, or society gets to judge their choices. You can't have both. And "unrequited love has solutions" doesn't prove *all* suffering does, especially untreatable chronic pain or terminal illness. You're dodging the hardest cases by focusing on temporary despair. What about someone with incurable, degenerative disease?