Tag: death
Giordano Bruno: A Martyr, Yes, but Not for Science
Bruno was not executed for his view that we live in a vast universe with vast numbers of planets.
A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly?
University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.”
Murderer Seeks Clemency with Inventive “Right to Die” Argument
In 1993, while most of his family was away at church, Robert Latimer took his 12-year-old daughter Tracy, disabled by cerebral palsy, out to the barn.
The Downsides of “Right to Try”
A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA.
Straw Man: Nathan Lents Versus the Theory of Perfect Design
True, things go wrong with our bodies, with results that range from the tragic to the merely expensive or inconvenient.