Assisted suicide sparks a debate that involves professional, legal and ethical questions about the value of freedom versus the value of life. However, before forming an opinion on this subject, it is necessary to know its concept in depth. Assisted suicide is known as the act of ending the life of a patient with a terminal illness to end their unbearable pain. Unlike euthanasia, the decision is not made by the doctor and his family, but by the patient. Doctors should therefore be able to help their patients commit suicide without being accused of committing a criminal offense. This conception is based on three points of view. The first point defends personal autonomy, which covers the right of people to make decisions about their own lives. The second point advocates empathy towards our fellow human beings and their dignity at the end of their lives. Finally, the voice of society which, in recent years, has increasingly supported assisted suicide and euthanasia. The first reason to allow the legalization of assisted suicide is the autonomy of people. According to Ronald Dworkin (cited in Safranek 1998), the right to autonomy is “the right to make important decisions defining one's own life.” The right to die is therefore associated with the right of individuals to make decisions regarding their own lives. The controversy surrounding this right is that the patient may not be in the right mental state to make appropriate choices. However, allowing doctors to assist in a suicide helps supervise the process and ensures that the patient is in the right psychological state to make such decisions. The doctor can also ensure that the patient is aware of all the consequences that this entails. Price, A, McCormack, R, Wise...... middle of paper ......109, no. 3, pp.629-642, Chicago-United States, consulted May 1, .Paul, P 2002, Euthanasia and assisted suicide, American Demographics, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 20-21, accessed 30 April 2014, .Price, A, McCormack, R, Wiseman, T and Hotopf, M 2014, Concepts of mental capacity for patients requesting assisted suicide: a qualitative analysis of expert evidence presented at the Commission on Assisted Dying, J Med Ethics, accessed May 10, .Safranek, J 1998, Autonomy and assisted suicide: the execution of freedom, The Hastings Center Report, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 32-6, accessed May 10, .