Copies of the resource papers are available on request at the cost of 50 cents per paper plus postage and handling. Indicate the papers you wish to order by ticking the relevant check boxes and how many copies of each paper you would like using the "copies" popup. When you have selected all the papers you would like on this topic, press the Add To Basket button.
Euthanasia is an emotive issue that touches fundamental questions of life and death. Should people have a "right to die"? Should we have a right to assisted suicide? Should doctors be licensed to kill? Are these matters of personal choice or do they affect the whole of society? The questions are medical, legal, theological, social and practical. This paper examines some of the crucial issues presented by several leading contributors to the debate.
"We must all die," begins a South Australian parliamentary committee report on death and dying. "Healthy lifestyles and modern medicine can do much to postpose death and improve physical well-being during life, but neither exempt us from the inevitable. While we are concerned about dying, we are equally, if not more concerned, with the manner of dying." This paper examines the issues - from biblical principles and church teaching to effects on society.
There is a "thinkable" and an "unthinkable" in every era. One era is quite certain about what is acceptable. Yet another era decides that these "certainties" are unacceptable and puts another set of values into practice. For centuries Western culture has regarded human life as special - it has been common to speak of "the sanctity of human life." This paper is an extract from the book Whatever happened to the human race? by Francis Schaeffer and Everett Koop, MD.