A journalist once asked me what I thought would be the major issues for ethics in the future. I responded, spontaneously, with three words: “complexity; uncertainty; potentiality”. My statement surprised me, as I had no idea where it came from or even what it might mean in relation to ethical analysis. Since then, I’ve pondered the latter.
Continue Reading → Complexity, uncertainty and potentiality in the euthanasia debate:
Canadians, or at least Canadian media elites, seem intent on creating state-sanctioned mass suicide of the those deemed to be a burden to the rest of society.
A case in Canada demonstrates that people who are seriously ill or handicapped need to be accommodated, and doing that does not include a lethal injection.
Continue Reading → Euthanasia and eugenics
Canadians have been sold a lie that euthanasia concerns individual autonomy and personal choice.
Continue Reading → Letter: Canadians sold a lie about euthanasia
Candice Lewis’s mother was urged by doctors to approve assisted suicide for her disabled daughter. One year later, Candice is no longer having seizures and is doing much better.