I tried wading into a debate over assisted suicide today, and found myself (and the other person who took my stance against) completely unprepared for the barrage of arguments in favor. (I think part of it, though, is that I tend not to acknowledge emotional arguments because they are subjective.) I've simply never studied the issue in the detail that would be needed to credibly argue the position. Does anybody have any recommended resources for study?
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Resources for arguing against euthanasia?
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Resources for arguing against euthanasia?
"I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard RavenhillTags: None
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Off the top of my head, wiki. Don't laugh yet - most pro-kill arguments are heavily dependant on utilitarianism, consequentialism, relativism and other similar schools of thought. It helps to be able to figure out the basis.
Countering emotional arguments is tricky. Usually if you can get them to concede that killing someone against their will is wrong the basis collapses when you demand specifics on safeguards.
I might can get some specific references later - when I remember them..."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
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http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/?s...&submit=Search
http://www.firstthings.com/search?q=euthanasia
There should be some articles in there that will help you.Don't call it a comeback. It's a riposte.
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Um, okay, a LOT later...."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
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Sorry... I didn't abandon this thread! I started a new overnight job this week and have barely been on.
The Witherspoon Institute link has been tremendously helpful, though I think a protracted debate would probably require more technical detail than any popular-level site would predict. The other link did not seem like it would be quite as useful for addressing the issue from a non-religious standpoint. (I am hoping that anybody who would place stock in Judeo-Christian values in the first place isn't the type who would need convincing.)"I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostI am hoping that anybody who would place stock in Judeo-Christian values in the first place isn't the type who would need convincing."As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
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Bumping this thread to ask about your thoughts on hospices that cause involuntary euthanasia via morphine overdose.http://www.hospicepatients.org/this-...tening%20Death
Don't know if it needs to be it's own thread, but the idea of being euthanized against one's will sounds horrifying. Passive euthanasia sounds like a worse way to die than active euthanasia. Of course, both are wrong.If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!
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(Knowing this thread has been necro'd).
Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostSorry... I didn't abandon this thread! I started a new overnight job this week and have barely been on.
The Witherspoon Institute link has been tremendously helpful, though I think a protracted debate would probably require more technical detail than any popular-level site would predict. The other link did not seem like it would be quite as useful for addressing the issue from a non-religious standpoint. (I am hoping that anybody who would place stock in Judeo-Christian values in the first place isn't the type who would need convincing.)I'm not here anymore.
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostCountering emotional arguments is tricky. Usually if you can get them to concede that killing someone against their will is wrong the basis collapses when you demand specifics on safeguards.I'm not here anymore.
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Originally posted by Tony48219 View PostExactly. If there are no reasona to oppose slavery in principle, then there are no arguments to oppose voluntary euthanasia in principle.
FYI, before this goes too far, this area is strictly pro-life and non-debate. If you want to debate it, start a new thread in apologetics.I'm not here anymore.
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Originally posted by Tony48219 View PostMy apologies. I wasn't aware there was a separate forum for debates.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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