Tag Archives: assisted suicide

Not So Slippery A Slope

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Could the availability of assisted suicide actually prolong life in some cases? The Economist notes: The prospect of the loss of autonomy, of dignity and of the ability to enjoy life are the main reasons cited by those wanting assisted … Continue reading →

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Must Try Harder (2)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in The Wall Street Journal, a Roman Catholic priest, Tadeusz Pacholczyk, tries to throw in (I think) a little irony in support of his church’s campaign against assisted suicide: In the November elections, voters in Massachusetts will decide on … Continue reading →

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For Misery in Massachusetts

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cardinal O’Malley (The National Catholic Register reports): Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston is leading a statewide fight to defeat the Death With Dignity Act, a November 2012 ballot measure that would legalize assisted suicide in Massachusetts. He has outlined the … Continue reading →

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Patronizing, Cruel & Misleading

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Peter Mullen, a British parson, attempts to clothe his religiously-based objections to assisted suicide (“As a Christian, I do not believe we have the right to die at the moment and by the means of … Continue reading →

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Locked-In

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Independent: The debate about assisted suicide has been reignited after the [English] High Court ruled that two men with locked-in-syndrome cannot be legally helped to die. Tony Nicklinson, 58, and a second man known as Martin, 47, mounted legal … Continue reading →

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Against Self-Government

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Council of Europe is, in theory, meant to be some sort of bulwark for the citizens of its member countries against the power of the overreaching state. That’s the theory. But here’s how it really works. The Daily Mail … Continue reading →

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Shut in by the State

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Count me amongst those who are profoundly skeptical about the notion that it is “self-evident” that we come into this world endowed with a large collection of supposedly inalienable “rights”. I do not, for example, believe that there is such … Continue reading →

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Whose Life is it Anyway?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

There’s been plenty to read on Andrew Sullivan’s blog this week on the question of assisted suicide. Amongst the posts and pieces to which Andrew has linked is this one by the New York Times’s Ross Douthat to which Mother … Continue reading →

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Kevorkian and All That

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Jack Kevorkian’s death has generated a flurry of commentary on the issues with which he was associated, and, indeed, on his ‘meaning’. To Wesley Smith, writing on the Corner, he was a “dark mirror on society.” I replied here: Wesley, … Continue reading →

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Attitudes toward assisted suicide

Posted on August 31, 2009 by David Hume

Previous post prompted me to look to the General Social Survey in regards to attitudes to assisted suicide broken down by demographic variables. The variable I used was DOCSUI, which asks: How much do you agree of disagree with the … Continue reading →

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