Michelle Carter: The unacceptable face of assisted suicide

The bizarre and disturbing case of Michelle Carter, rumbling on for over two years, hit the headlines again recently as she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for her involvement in the suicide of her 18-year-old boyfriend, Conrad Roy. The Carter case raises this question: is it legal to assist a suicide?

Read more

Continue Reading → Michelle Carter: The unacceptable face of assisted suicide

0

Andrew Coyne: Michelle Carter case is the next step in the increasing normalization of suicide

Once upon a time, you were supposed to try to talk someone out of suicide. Now, once you define suicide as, not a tragedy to be prevented, but a relief to be provided, then all of the careful limitations its advocates assured us would be placed around it were sure to fall away.

Read more

Continue Reading → Andrew Coyne: Michelle Carter case is the next step in the increasing normalization of suicide

0

“Show me the money”. Market forces and the law of unintended consequences

That 'inheritance impatience' is noted as a significant factor in abuse of elderly Australians is a hardly surprising. The wealthiest generation that has ever lived and likely will every have lived - The Baby Boomers - are beginning to pass from this world; not quickly enough, it seems, for relatives and carers seeking access to inheritance.

Read more

Continue Reading → “Show me the money”. Market forces and the law of unintended consequences

0
Page 1 of 5 12345