Jason, I appreciate the engagement and different opinion - and I didn’t mean to be glib. I fully appreciate the complexity of the issue and different viewpoints. In this vein, I hope you can appreciate a dissenting view - which is very wary of the State and commercial actors delving into this arena, notwithstanding the best conceivable regulation. I was trying to raise the point that the issue is reflective of distinctly modern problems that are very complicated. FWIW, I’ve change my mind on the subject and believe it’s a slippery slope that should be avoided/limited. I also, as noted, appreciate your perspective and engagement. I trust we can disagree civility and perhaps end up with better options with the good help of organizations like the Waide Center. Thank you again for engaging
Thank you for the reply. The entirety of the issue aside I just wanted to push back a little on that one line in particular as I’m seeing that sort of painting of our MAID system fairly often.
I very much enjoyed the rest of the piece, am a big fan of Gregg Caruso’s work and think that Waide Center sounds like a wonderful organization that I’m sure will do a lot of good stuff in the crucial field of applied ethics. All the best.
“Relatedly, there are well-publicized developments in Canada where the depressed, elderly, or financially strapped may opt for suicide.”
Quite the misrepresentation of the reality of the well-regulated medical assistance in dying regime here.
Jason, I appreciate the engagement and different opinion - and I didn’t mean to be glib. I fully appreciate the complexity of the issue and different viewpoints. In this vein, I hope you can appreciate a dissenting view - which is very wary of the State and commercial actors delving into this arena, notwithstanding the best conceivable regulation. I was trying to raise the point that the issue is reflective of distinctly modern problems that are very complicated. FWIW, I’ve change my mind on the subject and believe it’s a slippery slope that should be avoided/limited. I also, as noted, appreciate your perspective and engagement. I trust we can disagree civility and perhaps end up with better options with the good help of organizations like the Waide Center. Thank you again for engaging
Thank you for the reply. The entirety of the issue aside I just wanted to push back a little on that one line in particular as I’m seeing that sort of painting of our MAID system fairly often.
I would highlight that those outside of Canada may not be aware that the current law is the result of many years of civil, legislative and judicial consideration. Folks, if interested, can fill in the details with their own research but this link is not a bad place to start https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-services-benefits/medical-assistance-dying.html
I very much enjoyed the rest of the piece, am a big fan of Gregg Caruso’s work and think that Waide Center sounds like a wonderful organization that I’m sure will do a lot of good stuff in the crucial field of applied ethics. All the best.