Professor Reiner, I'd like to turn to you now.
I appreciate the five key points that you asked our committee to pay attention to: the list of specific circumstances, a regular update of wishes, why each circumstance would constitute suffering, discussing decisions with the family and also providing some context when things don't go according to plan.
A lot of our witnesses talked about the present self making decisions for the future self. I'm wondering, as a professor of neuroethics, how you have approached that particular argument. We had a lot of people talk about how their present self....
I may not fully understand, as a 43-year-old, what my 75-year-old self would want. Therefore, how could I properly make the decisions for 75-year-old Mr. MacGregor? Can you lend some of your expertise to that conversation?