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euthanasia

Euthanasia in Canada: A Panel Discussion

April 17, 2021 by Randal

In this video, I have a discussion with four medical practitioners/caregivers in Canada about euthanasia, palliative care, and Canada’s MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) legislation. To let your political representatives know about your concern with MAID, visit the website https://www.canadiansforconscience.ca/. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bioethics, euthanasia, interview, medical ethics, palliative care

88. Euthanasia, Death, and the Good Life: A Conversation with Heidi Janz

March 15, 2016 by Randal

“Euthanasia.” The word derives from the Greek prefix “eu” or good, and “thanatos” or death. Hence, euthanasia promises a good death. But what is a good death? And what right do medical practitioners have to bring it about? These questions press themselves upon us with increasing urgency as various jurisdictions consider the adoption of new […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bioethics, ethics, euthanasia, Heidi Janz, problem of evil, problem of suffering, suffering, theology

Can evangelicals support active euthanasia?

October 26, 2014 by Randal

Today I received a newsletter from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The lead story described the EFC’s fight against active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Canada. This certainly is an important ethical issue. But what irked me was the assumption behind the article that evangelicals are (and/or ought to be) against active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, euthanasia, evangelicalism

The right to die? You don’t know Jack. A review

November 29, 2013 by Randal

My earliest memory of Jack Kevorkian came with a feature article in Cornerstone Magazine. The year was 1990 and Dr. Kevorkian had just entered the national spotlight after assisting in the suicide of Alzheimer’s patient Janet Adkins. The magazine’s feature interview left quite the impression. And it was deeply unsettling. Here was a man who was calling for […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Al Pacino, bioethics, euthanasia, HBO, physician-assisted suicide, review, You Don't Know Jack

Abortion and the old Coat hanger Argument

August 22, 2011 by Randal

“We tried universal illegal abortion and the results were quite horrific.” That statement was written by one of my faithful readers named Beetle and it is worth some reflection. It is worthy of that reflection because it provides a handy rehash of that most venerable and visceral of pro-choice arguments: the coat hanger argument. That argument seems […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: abortion, bioethics, coat hanger argument, deontology, ethics, euthanasia, suicide, utilitarianism

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