Re: Logic makes a comeback: morality and materialism

Russell Stewart (diamond@rt66.com)
Wed, 04 Jun 1997 14:09:11 -0600

At 03:49 PM 6/4/97 EDT, you wrote:
>Russell writes:
>
>>However, let's think about it in light of all our previous discussions, and
>in view of the "slippery slope." Where will a materialist draw the line?
>
>RS<<It would have to be at the point where one can be certain beyond a
>reasonable doubt that consciousness has slipped away and will not come back.
>
>The L.A. Times today reports a study done in the Netherlands:
>
>"A new analysis of doctor-assisted death in the Netherlands--considered a
>model by some advocates of assisted suicide in the United States--suggests
>that caregivers there have increasingly taken the next troubling step: Ending
>patients' lives without their permission."
>
>The study concludes that 80% of the 1995 opiate-induced deaths occurred
>without the patients' explicit consent, conclude that there has been a
>"striking increase in the number of cases terminated without request."

If that's true, then I hope somebody puts a stop to it.

But what does it have to do with our discussion?

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