Re: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes

And the question about his motivation was raised. The appropriate steps and
procedures were followed. And, as I keep saying, on each occasion the judge
decided that the husband was acting appropriately. That is he was employing
substitued judgement in making his decision. Substituted judgement simply
means doing what the patient would want if the patient was able to make
their wishes known.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Morton" <glennmorton@entouch.net>
To: "'ASA'" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:50 AM
Subject: RE: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: George Murphy [mailto:gmurphy@raex.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:13 AM
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>> Some would answer #1 that it's never appropriate. In that
>> case the details
>> of the Schiavo case are irrelevant. That is a consistent
>> position to take
>> but those who do so should say that clearly & not confuse the
>> issue by
>> debating the husband's motives, &c.
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> In such cases it is always appropriate to look at motivation. Only in
> some ivory tower philosophical discussion does this kind of separation
> of issues arise. For Schiavo, this isn't a theoretical discussion.
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Received on Sat Mar 19 10:17:48 2005