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- Published on: 18 May 2017
- Published on: 18 May 2017Autonomy and the Metaphysics of EfficiencyShow More
Dear Editor,
I very much enjoyed Dr.Bishop paper and I agree on most points, I am against euthanasia, and do believe that by legalising assisted dying we place death in a 'metaphysics of efficiency', and that leaving death 'open' would be preferable.
To be sure, making it a law gives death a different status, one of a medical 'option', and a certain legitimacy as being merely 'an option'. However, ther...
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