Re: Logic makes a comeback: morality and materialism

Jim Bell (70672.1241@CompuServe.COM)
04 Jun 97 15:49:11 EDT

Russell writes:

>However, let's think about it in light of all our previous discussions, and
in view of the "slippery slope." Where will a materialist draw the line?

RS<<It would have to be at the point where one can be certain beyond a
reasonable doubt that consciousness has slipped away and will not come back.

The L.A. Times today reports a study done in the Netherlands:

"A new analysis of doctor-assisted death in the Netherlands--considered a
model by some advocates of assisted suicide in the United States--suggests
that caregivers there have increasingly taken the next troubling step: Ending
patients' lives without their permission."

The study concludes that 80% of the 1995 opiate-induced deaths occurred
without the patients' explicit consent, conclude that there has been a
"striking increase in the number of cases terminated without request."

Jim