“Doctor-Assisted Suicide Is Moral Issue Dividing Americans Most”
In May 2011, the Gallup Poll reported that doctor-assisted suicide is the moral issue that divides Americans most.
Category: Ethics
“Life After Kevorkian”
Read William Saletan’s essay in Slate about Jack Kevorkian and his own father’s recent death to cancer: “Kevorkian didn’t have the answers,” he writes. “But he raised the right questions.”
“‘Dr. Death’ Jack Kevorkian dies at age 83”
Read the June 3, 2011, Washington Post obituary on Jack Kevorkian. It says that, “Though [Kevorkian] was the most well known figure in fighting for euthanasia’s legalization, the legislative results of his efforts were largely unsuccessful, if not counterproductive.”
“Dr. Jack Kevorkian Dies at 83; A Doctor Who Helped End Lives”
Read the New York Times June 3, 2011, obituary on Jack Kevorkian. The obituary says says his critics and supporters generally agree that “as a result of his stubborn and often intemperate advocacy for the right of the terminally ill to choose how they die, hospice care has boomed in the United States, and physicians have become more sympathetic […]
“Choosing Your Death”
Read a June 6, 2011, column by Kevin Drum of Mother Jones. Drum responds to Ross Douthat’s criticism of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
“Dr. Kevorkian’s Victims”
Read a June 5, 2011, article from New York Times columnist Ross Douthat that argues against physician-assisted suicide and claims that Kevorkian was guilty of murder.
“The argument for, and against, euthanasia”
Read a June 7, 2011, column by Washington Post blogger Ezra Kelin, “The argument for, and against, euthanasia,” that cites a 1997 article showing that terminally ill people in pain are less inclined to opt for assisted suicide.
The Society of St. Andrew
The Society of St. Andrew in Big Island, Va., was founded in 1979 and began salvaging potatoes and other produce in 1983. It operates a Gleaning Network and Potato & Produce Project that salvage unpicked usable produce. It has regional offices in six Southern states and gleaning operations in 14 states. Mike Hickcox is the communications director.
Charles Goodman
Charles Goodman is an associate professor of philosophy at Binghamton University in Vestal, N.Y., where he teaches Buddhist metaphysics and Buddhist ethics. He is the author of Consequences of Compassion: An Interpretation & Defense of Buddhist Ethics (2009).