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  • Even in Our Age of Ugly, Beauty Will Survive

    Even in Our Age of Ugly, Beauty Will Survive2

    “Beauty,” wrote philosopher Roger Scruton, “is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.” Whatever we may think of Scruton’s observation, it seems clear our ideas of beauty are at best confused, at worst degraded, and always subjective. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is, of course, in

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  • Even If You’re Not Religious, This is Cool

    Even If You’re Not Religious, This is Cool0

    • December 21, 2015

    Even if you’re not religious, for the sake of cultural literacy, it’s still important to possess a knowledge of the world religions. Moreover, those who are non-religious can still admire the beauty of certain religious art and customs.    Such admiration might be appropriate when considering the positioning of the feasts of Christmas and the

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  • Euthanasia is Now Being Performed … on Prisoners

    Euthanasia is Now Being Performed … on Prisoners0

    Not too long ago, a request by a Belgian prisoner for euthanasia made international headlines — even though he was not permitted to take advantage of the legislation. But in a measure of how enthusiastically Canada has embraced euthanasia, one prisoner has already been killed under its Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) law, and three others

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  • Euthanasia in Canada: Let Them Die—They Know What They’re Doing

    Euthanasia in Canada: Let Them Die—They Know What They’re Doing0

    As Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying regime expands, it is meeting more resistance. One of the most powerful criticisms, one which has surfaced often in the media, is that some people with chronic illnesses, whose death is not reasonably foreseeable, are choosing to die because social services are inadequate. They do not want to, but

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  • Euthanasia for Depression: A Bad Idea?

    Euthanasia for Depression: A Bad Idea?0

    A few weeks ago I posted and asked questions about a significant rise in the reported number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium. This week, a new paper published in the peer-review journal JAMA Psychiatry reports the results of a study of some Dutch patients who, suffering primarily from mental illness rather than terminal physical illness,

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  • Euthanasia Could Save Canada Millions in Healthcare Costs

    Euthanasia Could Save Canada Millions in Healthcare Costs0

      Perhaps it’s all that New World fresh air and pioneering spirit, but Canada is taking to its new euthanasia legislation like a duck to water. It only became legal in June and already about 800 people have received a lethal injection at the hands of a doctor. Where it is beating the Old World

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