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Archive for the ‘Death Ethics’ Category
“Thank God for Dead Soldiers”
9, Mar 2010So says Fred Phelps. You may be familiar with Phelps and his hate-mongering followers—most of whom are actually his family members—because they have been making headlines for at least the past 20 years.
For the uninitiated, Fred Phelps is the founder and pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. He is best known for [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + the Law| Death Ethics
- Tags: free speech, protests, soldiers
Live Free and Die in Montana
16, Jan 2010Ruling by Montana Supreme Court Bolsters Physician-Assisted Suicide
by Kirk Johnson, New York Times (January 10, 2010)
Last September I posted an article on a Montana man who took his right-to-die case to the Montana State Supreme Court. The case involved 76-year old Robert Baxter who, sadly, died of leukemia before the case made it to the [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law| Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted suicide, death with dignity