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The picture shows demonstrators in Italy, campaigning in favour of euthanasia.
But what should we think about the great questions of life and death? It seems that fewer than one person in ten in the western world would vote in favour of legislation permitting euthanasia. Equally, fewer than two in ten would complain if doctors eased death for terminally ill patients. So we seem to be a little confused. Here are some thoughts on subjects like this; three so far, dealing with the beginning and end of life. two others dealing with the Just War Doctrine. I hope to broaden the picture as time goes by . . . |
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| Life and death | Early life | This is a paper for discussion about human dignity in early life that I put together with help from Caroline | ||||
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A BBC report on Euthanasia
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| Pain and death | A short clip from Excusing Private Godfrey, the BBC Radio 4 broadcast on Friday 6 July 2012. Behind Dad's Army's Private Godfrey, the genteel, lovable, incontinent elder, was the much more complex character of the actor and playwright Arnold Ridley. In Dad's Army, Godfrey was a former conscientious objector. In reality, Arnold had been a battle-hardened lance corporal with the 6th Somerset Light Infantry. His son Nicholas describes how his father went over the top on the morning of September 16, 1916, and how he confronted a personal dilemma of life and death | |||||
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| Just War | Hugh Beach | General Sir Hugh Beach, GBE, KCB, MC is a British soldier who, in retirement, researches and advises on defence policy, arms control and disarmament, with an active interest in promoting concerns about ethical issues of peace and war. Here is his paper prepared for a debate at St Martin in the Fields | ||||
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| Jottings on Iraq | As it says, just jottings | |||||
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| Contact | john@johndexter.co.uk | |||||
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