Morally Acceptable Behavior
Posted May 29, 2015 @ 8:49am
According to this poll, a majority of Americans now find physician-assisted dying to be morally acceptable behavior.
That doesn’t mean the practice should be legal, obviously. There are lots of practical considerations. But the majority no longer sees it as a moral failing.
On a related matter, I have been noodling on the question of how best to reduce the number of coerced physician-assisted deaths in places where it is legal. There is no perfect solution, but I think social media could someday be part of it.
Coercion in this context means an unscrupulous family member or perhaps a rogue medical professional manipulates grandma into choosing death over a chance of recovery. How would that sort…