From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 04 2005 - 10:06:56 BST
Platt - I agree with you - had it been left to humans to care for her
well-being, no doubt someone would have put a glass of water to her
lips - but what we saw was a battle between highly politically
motivated institutions. (One of those individuals would still have had
to deal with the painful decision about whether the artifical feeding
efforts were actually preserving any life or life of any quality.)
As John Z DeLorean said 25 years ago - committees of moral men can and
often do make immoral decisions.
Ian
On Apr 4, 2005 2:55 AM, David Buchanan <DBuchanan@classicalradio.org> wrote:
> Arlo and all:
>
> Arlo said:
> ...if her parents had also wished for her to die, would that have made her
> death moral? That is, is the immorality of the situation that Ms. Shiavo's
> parents were prevented from keeping her alive, or that Ms. Shiavo was
> allowed to die at all. If it is about the former, it is not really about
> "life", is it?
>
> dmb says:
> Good point. But I wonder about your next one...
>
> Arlo said:
> I mean, if everyone had wanted her to die, would that have made it "okay"?
> (Bearing in mind that her own wishes were unknown).
>
> dmb says:
> As I understand the facts of the case, her wishes were known. They were not
> put into a legal document or any kind of writing, but there were witnesses
> that the courts found acceptable. I forget if it was 3 witnesses to 7
> conversations or 7 witnesses to 3 conversations, but apparently the judges
> were sufficiently convinced by sworn testimony.
>
>
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