Intelligence Squared: Euthanasia Should be Legalised
To be afraid of death is one thing, but to be afraid of interesting conversation is another.
Overview
To be afraid of death is one thing, but to be afraid of interesting conversation is another. Intelligence Squared is hosting a debate — Euthanasia Should be Legalised — this Wednesday about the decision to take death into one's own hands. Should it be legal? If it's okay for the terminally ill, is it okay for anyone? Will it be abused by the greedy or the malicious?
Legalisation of euthanasia will be supported by Dr Phillip 'Dr Death' Nitschke, vocal international euthanasia activist; ethics expert Loane Skene; and Victorian Health Commisioner Beth Wilson. Opposing legalisation will be Dr Shakira Hussein, an expert in injustice and violence; William Silvester, a frontrunner of compassion and forward planning in medical treatment; and Scott Stephens, the ABC's ethics and religion commentator.
Hosted by philosopher and ethicist Dr Simon Longstaff, the conversation should be heated, intense, personal and fascinating.
Image by Steven Depolo.
