20: Dignity and the End of Life

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More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/dignity-and-end-life. Is physician assisted suicide morally okay? What about active euthanasia for patients suffering terminal illnesses? If we begin traveling down this path, how do we put a break to our slide down the slippery slope toward a world in which we license physicians to kill or assist the suicide of severely depressed but not terminally ill patients? John and Ken have a dignified discussion with Margaret Battin from the University of Utah, author of "Ending Life: Ethics and the Way We Die."

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