…assumption and therefore not one that should be made. Seriously. Maybe the best summary comes from Joshua Rothman at the Boston Globe in his column “The Practical Psychopath“: Psychologists, they argue, should stop assuming that the utilitarian moral choice is the right one. Each moral judgment is part of a general outlook. It might be important to have a utilitarian on board your lifeboat–he “may be able to act for the greater good in ways that p…
…bigger problem than lack of hunger? I posted a link to this article on Facebook yesterday and quickly got a comment from one of my friends on the site. They paint what I believe is a “reality check” regarding issues of dementia, feeding, and care. Issues absent in the framework and concerns of the assisted suicide advocates pushing this latest Trojan Horse. Please read my friend’s comments below and keep them in mind when reading the article that…
…ronic, serious disabilities. More blatant forms of discrimination are also common. Recently, I submitted public comments on the nondiscrimination regulations under the Affordable Care Act. These comments are available at http://notdeadyet.org/not-dead-yets-public-comment-to-u-s-dept-of-health-and-human-services-on-affordable-care-acts-nondiscrimination-regulations . Response to Question 6: Again, please see public comments on the nondiscrimination…
…2017 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com PDF version: No Assisted Suicide Right, New York Court Says TEXT version below: Assisted Suicide No Assisted Suicide Right, New York Court Says There is no fundamental constitutional right to assisted suicide, or aid-in-dying as it is known to proponents, an influential state court has said (Myers v. Schneiderman, 2017 BL 314454, N.Y., No. 77, 9/7/17). The New York Cour…
…etwork National Council on Independent Living Not Dead Yet TASH [1] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, & Children’s Bureau, Child maltreatment 2012 at 41 (2013), available athttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/cm2012.pdf#page=56. Michigan was not one of the states that provided data. [2] Nora Balderian, Thomas Coleman, & Jim Stream, Spec…
