Suicide, for many, is simply the taking of one's own life. For many years, suicide has held such a negative stigma. Most people used to view suicide as an act by someone who was either mentally unstable or a coward. Suicide was also seen as an act of selfishness. Over the last century researchers have sought to change the stigma surrounding suicide. Emile Durkeim defined suicide as “a death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself, which he knows will produce that result” (Durkeim, 1966). Tom Beauchamp, some years later, felt there needed to be a more narrow, solid, and correct definition of suicide. He defined suicide being that “act or omission is a suicide if a person intentionally brings about his or her own death unless the death (a) is coerced or (b) is caused by conditions that are not specifically arranged by the agent for the purpose of bringing about death” (Beauchamp, 1996). The way Beauchamp defined suicide was morally neutral. Fast-forward to present-day society and we now have the argument for assisted suicide. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is basically a death sentence. Once diagnosed, the person usually has less than three years of life left, on average. Once the disease process fully sets in, the person will lose mobility, body function, and eventually the ability to breathe on their own. Craig Ewert was one of those people. Although he still had slight mobility and was still able to breathe on his own, with the assistance of a positive pressure airway device, he knew that his quality of life was much less enjoyable than prior to his diagnosis. Mr. Ewert was also an agnostic. With his belief that God may or may not exist, it was easier for him, morally, to make the decision to proceed with assisted suicide. In his eyes, it was a courageous and unselfish act to end his life before he had no quality of life. Whether or not he sought assisted suicide, the outcome