What would be the moderate position between the ethics of Religion vs. that of secularism? Where do we draw the line? Whether we're absolutists about choice or not, this remains a great debate. I'm certainly more on the side of choice; but can understand some of the consequences of the other side. As far as a suffering patient at the end of life is concerned, our cognitive dissonance lies in performing euthanasia for our animals and call it humane, while referring to euthanasia for humans in similar circumstances as animalistic!
The Canadian experience has made it quite clear that the slippery slope argument is in fact not fallacious
What would be the moderate position between the ethics of Religion vs. that of secularism? Where do we draw the line? Whether we're absolutists about choice or not, this remains a great debate. I'm certainly more on the side of choice; but can understand some of the consequences of the other side. As far as a suffering patient at the end of life is concerned, our cognitive dissonance lies in performing euthanasia for our animals and call it humane, while referring to euthanasia for humans in similar circumstances as animalistic!