I've always felt that whether or not to support legal euthanasia is in some sense an extension of whether or not to believe in free will. Society has always advocated that people master their own destiny, but when death is an extremely important matter in destiny, this kind of active choice of human will is cruelly deprived.
The doctor played by Al Pacino in the play has a heart of true awe for life, but he does the affairs of the devil recognized by social rules. He is not God, but he has helped many terminally ill patients choose their destiny. There is an interesting point about this show. Those patients who chose to be euthanized were all doctors who contacted actively, and almost every one of them had obtained the consent of their relatives. After the doctor helped these patients end their lives, the relatives of the patients did not have the slightest resentment against the doctor. The opposition intensified, and the doctor was jailed several times for what he did. Whether the so-called free will of man is a false proposition, and whether society can allow this unconventional individual will. Choosing a decent understanding of life should be a basic human right, but we can all see how insignificant human free will is when faced with various bright and dark rules and conventions in society.
In the play, the doctor talked about the reason why he has been challenging the secular concept. Because he is also a person, he may one day suffer from unbearable pain. He hopes that one day a colleague will help him end his life. This is not at all lofty, but very convincing. The doctor said he was not afraid of objections from others because he was right. Sometimes it's hard to tell right from wrong, but I think it's very selfish to think about it from an individual perspective. It is never a bad thing for people to be free to choose their own behavior.
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