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Episode 70: On Euthanasia and Assisted Dying

Episode 70: On Euthanasia and Assisted Dying

Released Tuesday, 9th April 2024
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Episode 70: On Euthanasia and Assisted Dying

Episode 70: On Euthanasia and Assisted Dying

Episode 70: On Euthanasia and Assisted Dying

Episode 70: On Euthanasia and Assisted Dying

Tuesday, 9th April 2024
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We discuss the political and moral quandaries around euthanasia, otherwise known as medical assistance in dying. How what was effectively a liberal 'harm reduction' policy of assisted dying for the terminally ill, later the elderly and frail, has now expanded its application towards those living with a physical disability or mental health issue. This episode includes commentary on Canada's notorious MAID policy, the excellent Japanese film Plan 75 that explores state-sponsored euthanasia for the elderly, and how the profit-motive determining that only those who are productive have value is the opposite of universal human dignity. We also cover the fact that over two thirds of those euthanised are women, that suffering is part of the human condition (we are all suffering some of the time, in some way, and suffering is not without meaning), and why we cannot accept a society that determines human worth according to economic productivity or ability to rely on private capital. 

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