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Tuesday
The Culture of Death
Looking Back at Terri Schiavo
Modern bioethics "has become a natural ally of the culture of death,"
rationalizing excruciating medical dilemmas and negotiating the value
of human life in an inevitably downward spiral.
Dr. McHugh argues that in Terri Schiavo's case, the culture of death
"won out over the hospice's culture of life, overwhelming by legal
means, and by the force of advanced social opinion, the moral and
medical command to choose life, to comfort the afflicted, and to
teach others how to do the same."
Dr. McHugh's conclusion is truly ominous. "The more this culture
continues to influence our thinking, the deeper are likely to become
the divisions within our society and within our families, the more
hardened our hatreds, and the more manifold our fears. More of
us will die prematurely; some of us will be persuaded that we want
to."
Premature death, and the desire for the rationalization of death,
are hallmarks of a culture flirting with moral disaster. We are
indebted to Dr. Paul McHugh for his medical analysis and moral
courage. The real question is what we are now prepared to do
in confronting the culture of death. Now that Terri Schiavo is
dead, most Americans have moved on to other concerns.
Who will be next?
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