Tag: Culture of Death

Senior woman sitting on the wheelchair alone

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
November 14, 2023

Categorized
Ethics

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Culture of Death, Death, Euthanasia, medical, Morality, Wesley J. Smith}

Euthanasia’s Slippery Slope

_{Once a society embraces death as the answer to suffering, what counts as suffering never stops expanding.} _{Wesley J. Smith
November 14, 2023

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Note well that the concept of the “completed life” need not involve any physical illness, disabling condition, or psychiatric malady at all. Read More ›

Hallway the emergency room and outpatient hospital. 3d illustration

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 14, 2023

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
Assisted Suicide, Culture of Death, Death, Dystopia, Euthanasia, Human exceptionalism, Mental illness}

The Small Steps That Lead to Dystopia

_{Revisiting a 1993 article warning about the future of assisted suicide} _{Wesley J. Smith
August 14, 2023

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Editor’s Note: The following piece was originally published in Newsweek in June 1993. Today is my 76th birthday,” the letter began. “Unassisted and by my own free will, I have chosen to take my final passage.” Suicide. My friend Frances died in a cold, impersonal hotel room after taking an overdose of sleeping pills, with a plastic bag tied over her head suffocating the life out of her body. Frances was not a happy woman. She had family troubles. She suffered from chronic lymphatic leukemia and was facing the difficult prospect of a hip replacement. She also had a chronic nerve condition that caused her to feel a burning sensation on her skin. But Frances was lucid, aware and involved. Read More ›