You understand my argument, and I think LB's, just fine. And I respect your effort to do so, BTW.
I fail to see what being PVS brings to the discussion, except for the fact that the person cannot express their wishes.
There are a number of reasons PVS is relevant to the overall Schiavo case, if that's the discussion you mean.
With a diagnosis of PVS we know that Terri does not know what's happening to her nor does she suffer, that she cannot express her wishes, and that she will not get better. This obviates many of the criticisms of her treatment that have been raised like her not receiving therapy, for example.
Unless somehow being PVS gives others the moral right to do things that they would otherwise not have the right to do
With a diagnosis of PVS, Florida law allows ending someone's life even though he could live for decades that way just as if he were brain dead based on an advance directive or other clear and convincing evidence of preference to die. With a lesser diagnosis, pulling the plug would not be an option. So, in a sense, PVS does give the court and the guardian the right to do something that could not otherwise be done but only within the context of suicide by proxy, not discarding that person as trash.
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