New Euthanasia Laws Drop Illusion of “Choice”
“Even when not motivated by a selfish refusal to be burdened with the life of someone who is suffering, euthanasia [...]
Ordinary and Extraordinary Means of Treatment
When preparing our own advance medical directives, or when assisting others to do so, it is critically important for us [...]
What May We Do about Pain?
As we get older and begin to consider our own advance medical directives, we should also think about the question [...]
Is Nazi Euthanasia Resurfacing in the U.S.?
The Hippocratic Oath...is an honorable historical document, which, however, does not altogether fit present times. If it is to be [...]
Why Euthanasia is Wrong ― From a Secular Viewpoint
You are a member of the first generation of doctors in the history of medicine to turn their backs on [...]
Advance Medical Directives
"Evil committed for a good cause remains evil." "Even when it succeeds?" "Above all when it succeeds." ~Victor Hugo, History [...]
The Fractured History of the Hemlock Society
Hemlock A judicial determination should be made when it is necessary to hasten the death of an individual, [...]
Church Teachings on Euthanasia
Once any human being becomes worthless or expendable, all are reduced from an absolute to a relative value and no [...]
Human Suffering Does Have a Purpose
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, so that the [...]
An Introduction to the Problem of Euthanasia
The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those [...]