Death with Dignity and the ethics of medical choice
This essay weighs the moral questions raised by life extending technology. It discusses whether to let patients die, when to disconnect life support, and who decides for comatose patients, using the Quinlan case and ancient to modern views on preserving life versus allowing death. It contrasts active killing with letting die and the ethics of withdrawing treatment.
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Death and Dying series explores life prolongation ethics
The article examines how medical decisions to prolong or withhold life depend on patient autonomy and reasonableness. It questions when guardians may refuse treatment for incompetents, the influence of cost, and how society should balance individual rights with moral standards before next week's discussion on suicide myths and facts.
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Fifth Pause Impresses With Expression and Timing
The fifth pause showed perfect timing and facial expression while the seventh pause, paired with a grin, laugh, and a left-handed gesture, sent the audience to its feet.
Kids play bank with real money at Chicago school
Assistant principal describes preschoolers chanting about fake bank money while real cash fell from a father's jacket pocket at Anshe Emet School on the North Side. Police recovered about $16,000 from children and another $2,000 from a school guard. The man believed the bundles were still in his pocket as he headed to deposit them.
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Professor charts ancient Japanese comics rediscovery
Philadelphia AP reports University of Pennsylvania professor Barbara Ruch uncovers Nara Ehon medieval color illustrated scrolls. She seeks 13th to 17th century works ignored by scholars, plans a four volume study, and highlights "The Tale of the Chrysanthemum" as emblematic of Japanese literary focus on emotion over conflict.
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About the Author Robert M Veatch
Robert M Veatch is senior associate at the Hastings Center and staff director of ethics groups. He authored books on death dying and biology ethics and edited several bioethics volumes and case studies.
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Robert M. Veatch
Hastings Center
Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life Sciences
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