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7253 | In Utopia, legal euthanasia is considered honourable [More,T] |
Full Idea: In Utopia, officially sanctioned euthanasia is regarded as an honourable death. | |
From: Thomas More (Utopia [1516], Bk 2) | |
A reaction: A bit surprising coming from a writer who is now a Catholic martyr and saint. |
20619 | Is abortion the ending of a life, or a decision not to start one? [Tuckness/Wolf] |
Full Idea: One group may consider abortion as a decision to end a life, while another may regard it as the decision not to start one. | |
From: Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 8 'Hard I') | |
A reaction: An early foetus is 'life', but is it 'a life'? Is a blade of grass 'a life'? Is a cell in a body 'a life'? |