Going back to Kant, dignity refers to the importance of treating people like ends, not means. At times, dignity is lumped together with the right of self-determination. I agree with supporters of Washingtonâs law that physician assisted suicide can be part of a dignified death. But there are plenty of other ways for terminally ill patients to control the circumstances of their death, making it wrong to equate dignity with suicide.
Definitions for desperateness. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word desperateness. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: desperateness(Noun) The state or quality of being desperate.
1. evoking or expressing pity, sympathy, etc. 2. distressingly inadequate: the old man sat huddled in front of a pathetic fire. 3. informal Brit ludicrously or contemptibly uninteresting or worthless: the standard of goalkeeping in amateur football today is pathetic. 4. obsolete of or affecting the feelings.