British ethicist: Senile should be “put down”

eximius · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject:

My grandfather has dementia. And to be honest sometimes I do think that it would be better if he would just die, because his condition is actually effecting my grandmother's health greatly as it's a strain on her and the rest of the family.

But something like this will not come to be the "norm" for at least another 30 years. People just can't think rationally enough as a whole to accept this kind of thing.
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Gerard · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

I shudder at the idea that Baroness Warnock would turn this into "duty to die". An ethical requirement based on some philosophical ideology. Wouldn't that put a lot of pressure on people to make the "right" choice?

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jdopus · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject:

Indeed, if there's going to be any talk, it should be entirely in the hands of the individual. Their own choice, not something they're pressured or guilted into.
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Moloth · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

Rortykiller · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject:

pr126 glad someone posted it. Look, anyone here who has the slightest sympathy for this line of thinking is a Nazi and has a mute opinion as far as I'm concerned. I define liberal as one who find pain, death and humiliation the worst thing you can do to a person. And as a liberal I see this as being a very humiliating murder. Talk about waste of resources, Baroness Warnock is a Moral Philosopher. I could think of a bigger burden on the state than idiots with a following.

so much for the liberal Utopia of Europe, and welcome to 1984. Sickening
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kmisho · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject:

The only moral responsibility we really need to minimize this problem is a sense of duty about making out a will. Tell people NOW how you want to be treated once the time comes when you won't be able to tell them anymore.
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