People who favor freedom to make wise life-ending decisions
call it "the right-to-die".
People who worry about abuses and mistakes of any such right
prefer to reject "euthanasia" and "physician-assisted suicide".
This Facebook gathering of advocates and critics
held its first series of discussions in 2015.
These were focused around the 14 most common objections
raised by critics of the so-called "right-to-die".
Almost all of the members of this Facebook Seminar
during this first series were advocates
of the right-to-die.
But we still seek some articulate critics of the
"right-to-die"
for the next series of discussions,
which will begin in the spring or fall of 2018.
The original plan was to have a written panel discussion,
with named panelists who would represent various sides.
But no critics of "euthanasia" and "physician-assisted suicide"
came forward to explain and defend their objections.
Each of
these chapters includes links to further reading.
The basic effort is to sub-divide the debate into
bite-size pieces.
Then each separate issue can
be discussed on its own.
And the debate will not merely repeat the same arguments each week.
Whenever an advocate of either side puts everything into a single
statement,
nothing gets discussed very deeply or completely.
Each week a new chapter will be read by the group,
who will be encouraged to make comments
just below the File for each chapter.
Post your comments in the box at the bottom of each
File.
Such responses will cause that issue to pop to the top
of the main display for the group,
where others might respond either to this new comment
or to the original chapter that started that discussion.
The main
display also remains open for new comments
related to the right-to-die.
These might be items in the news
or other perspectives worth sharing with this group.