Empowerment
- *Death with Dignity *
- *Bereavement Counseling*
- Do people have power ?
- Armchair activists
- Community Cohesion
- Creationism > refuted
- Education
- Education > religious
- Exit the EU
- Humanist Actions
- Humanism > Decrees
- Humanism > Relevance to Society
- Humanism > in Scotland +
- Humanism > Worldwide via IHEU
- Inequality in Scotland
- LGBTI & Whatever
- MQ mind - Emoodji
- Need to talk ? - MQ
- Parity in being
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- Make a difference
- Who we're involved with
*Death with Dignity *
See 'A Time to Live' HERE 12 people with terminal illnesses
Read LLoyd Riley's blog on the Oregon experience See HERE
Hello Zach . . in response to current related thinking in Canada, in recent times, humanists have proposed one’s right to die on the basis of ‘individual autonomy’ which is a cornerstone of the humanist ethos.
In Scotland, the pursuit of such has failed several times via a huge anti-majority in the Scottish Parliament.
I and several like minded colleagues have always seen the presence of a medical practitioner as a stumbling block, on the basis that Dignitas in Switzerland has no such requirement, thereby removing any obstacles of conscience and/or conflict with the imperatives of the Hippocratic Oath.
The attached is our view as to a successful approach and we submit that in contribution to the discourse. See the 3 stages > 1 2 3
Hope it helps . .
The past few months since the bill was voted down, much has happened elsewhere . . see HERE
