#121 - Kathleen Stock - The West Is Offering Death As A Solution — Do Not Go Gentle

About this episode

Kathleen Stock discusses the implications of a bill in the British Parliament regarding assisted dying.

Kathleen Stock is a Contributing Editor to UnHerd, a philosopher, author of Material Girls and Do Not Go Gentle, and one of the most forensically precise thinkers in British public life. A bill is moving through the British Parliament right now that would allow doctors to help their patients die. Its proponents call it assisted dying. Its opponents call it assisted suicide. In Canada, five percent of all deaths now occur through the state-sanctioned equivalent. In Belgium, they have extended ...

People in this episode

Host: John Gillam

Guest: Kathleen Stock

Topics covered

• assisted dying
• philosophy
• ethics
• public policy
• healthcare
• end-of-life issues

Keywords

• assisted dying
• Kathleen Stock
• British Parliament
• ethics
• public policy
• Canada
• Belgium

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UnHerd

Books & works: Material Girls, Do Not Go Gentle

Places: British Parliament, Canada, Belgium

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