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Italian right to die case shows prevalence of utilitarian view of life in the West

Ken Connor [Chairman, Center for a Just Society]: "Eluana Englaro's death on Monday was another tragic sign that we've come to embrace a culture of death. Eluana was in a coma, but her body was functioning and self-sustaining. She merely needed to be given nourishment via a feeding tube. Instead of caring for her this way, her father pushed to starve her to death. He finally received

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).