In praise of H.G. Wells’s Eloi
I stumbled across a provocative article in MIT’s Technology Review the other day – even though it dates back to 1967. Nobel Prize laureate Joshua...
Removing the ethics from bioethics
The New York Times philosophy blog likes edgy topics like does truth matter, isn’t it all relative, and can we have morals without God? The...
Celebrity lawyer discovers new species of mercy killing
The celebrity criminal lawyer who defended Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Jim Bakker, Claus von Bülow and O.J. Simpson has come up with a novel mercy...
English coroners turn blind eye to assisted suicide, says report
Coroners are ignoring evidence of assisted suicide, claims an unofficial report on the link between chronic and terminal illness and suicide. “The Truth about Suicide”,...
New website gives info on US euthanasia initiatives
A new website opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia brings together useful information about the status the law in the various American states. “Choice is...