Lives Not Worth Living in Modern Euthanasia Regimes

Public policy and the life not worth living: the case against euthanasia.

Peter Singer and 'lives not worth living'--comments on a flawed argument from analogy.

The Australian bioethicist Peter Singer has presented an intriguing argument for the opinion that it is quite proper (morally) to deem the lives of certain individuals not worth living and so to kill them. The argument is based on the alleged analogy between the ordinary clinical judgement that a life with a broken leg is worse than a life with an intact leg (other things being equal), and that...

Why We Should Stop Creating Pets with Lives Worth Living

Pedigreed breeding often leads to severe health problems for, say, those dogs who exist as a result of the practice. It is also the case that virtually all of those unhealthy animals would not exist at all if it were not for the practice of pedigreed breeding. If those animals have lives worth living, then it follows that they are not harmed by the practice—assuming that a life worth living is ...

On the Psychology of Passion: In Search of What Makes People’s Lives Most Worth Living

The purpose of the present paper is to present a new conceptualisation on passion for activities, the Dualistic Model of Passion (Vallerand et al., 2003) and an overview of related research. Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, find important, and in which they invest time and energy. This model further posits the existence of two types of passion each...

Living two lives

When I arrived at the Chalfont Centre in September 1969 I was frightened by the place. I did not understand what epilepsy was or why I needed to be there. I was told nothing about it at all. I had been diagnosed with the condition at the age of 14 before being sent to Chalfont. All I knewwas the name of what it was that I had: ‘epilepsy’. I was also scared because I thought I would be shouted a...