Tag: crime
In Massachusetts Bill to Criminalize Suicide Encouragement, a Lethal Loophole
The carveout’s purpose is to pave the way to legalize assisted suicide in the state, perhaps even active euthanasia.
On Free Choice, Consider the Compatibilist Option
Jerry Coyne thinks that criminals don’t have a “choice.” (What are those quotation marks doing there?)
Jerry Coyne and the Consequences of Denying Free Will
Without free will, there is no guilt and there is no innocence. There are merely animals to be managed.
Free Will Denial and PreCrimes
If we treat criminals the way we treat natural disasters — as physical events without moral culpability — the pragmatic approach is preemption as well.
The Story of Mark van Dongen
This is an awful story but it shows how the assisted suicide movement greatly harms the culture and despairing individuals at their times of greatest vulnerability.