For this Belgian scientist, the knowledge to be able to take one s life without degrading oneself or suffering in the last moments, gives a sense of peace. Since being able to do it gives a sense of security and confidence in knowing that everything is prepared. Knowing all this, says Maurice, brings back the joy of living. It is far from the intention of the author, an optimistic and joyful man, to incite anyone to take their own life. The book insists that youth have no right to commit suicide and that the work is only directed towards the elderly and people suffering incurable diseases who desire a serene death so that physical and mental degeneration does not become an unavoidable destiny. The false morality and current legal statutes have given problems in some countries to the publication and distribution of books such as this. A publication like this one is necessary to aid us towards the triumph of common sense.
