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Home: Current Issues: Euthanasia: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Euthanasia: LINKS_PAGEArticles:What is Euthanasia - DR. BRIAN POLLARDEven though euthanasia is a common topic for general discussion, its real nature and significance are complex and, not surprisingly, it is therefore often misunderstood. Read more... What's love got to do with it: The ethical contradictions of Peter Singer - Peter ColosiUtilitarian philosopher Peter Singer says some humans -- particularly fetuses, newborn babies, and elderly people suffering from dementia -- should be killed if their deaths will reduce overall suffering. Never mind that Singer broke all of his own rules when his mother became ill with Alzheimer's disease. Read more... When Death is Our Physician - WESLEY J. SMITHThe most effective weapons in the pro-assisted-suicide arsenal are fear-mongering, distortion, euphemism, half-truths, and lies, all deployed to the drumbeat of “choice.” False arguments are gladly spread by the contemporary media, which avoid depth and context, preferring 30-second sound bites, tabloidism, and soap-opera shallowness. Read more... Who decides when care is ‘futile’? - WESLEY J. SMITHThroughout the U.S.and Canada, hospitals and medical associations are quietly adopting formal "futile care" policies which are nothing less than the modern equivalent of exposing unwanted infants on hills and abandoning the infirm and elderly by the side of the trail. Read more... Whose Right to Die? - EMANUEL EZEKIELThe persistence of abuse and the violation of safeguards in the Netherlands, in spite of attendant publicity and condemnation, suggest that the feared consequences of the legalization of euthanasia are exactly its inherent consequences. Read more... “Cast Me Not Off in Old Age” - Eric Cohen & Leon R. KassThere is no solution to the problem of debility and death, but there are better and worse ways of thinking about them. Read more... “We never say no.” - Wesley J. SmithThe right-to-die movement abandons pretense. Read more... “Words, Words, Words” - Rita L. Marker and Wesley J. SmithThe success or failure of political or social revolutions often depends on the terms used in the debate. But what if the existing lexicon and traditional understanding of words and phrases hurt the cause and bog down the movement? The answer is simple: If the people don't want to follow where you want to take them, make the destination appear more attractive. This is precisely what proponents of the "right to die" have done. Read more... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 05-Nov-2008 - 19:39:56
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