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Eric Mathison

@mathisonej

Assistant professor of philosophy @UTSC. I write about ethics at valuejudgments.substack.com and make videos at youtube.com/@ValueJudgments

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The problem here is clearly the lack of support this man is receiving, not whether he can access assisted dying. There's an easy test: If AD continues to be banned, is that going to do anything to help him? No? Then put your effort into improving disability supports.

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Amanda is once again mischaracterizing the proposal. Allowing advance directives for MAID would mean anyone could add "I want MAID in situation x" to their advance directive at any point. The actual proposal is an agreement with a provider upon diagnosis of a medical condition.

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Here's an important article by palliative medicine physicians who support assisted dying but are being silenced. bmj.com/content/387/bm…

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Last year, I stopped reading the news. I think you should too. Welcome to No News November. valuejudgments.substack.com/p/no-news-nove…

Last year, I stopped reading the news. I think you should too. Welcome to No News November.

valuejudgments.substack.com/p/no-news-nove…
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It's truly wild to fill this article with stats but not mention that slightly more men get assisted dying, that Kim Leadbeater, a woman, tabled the bill, and that Liz Carr and Esther Rantzen are prominent voices in the debate. Hannah Shewan Stevens glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/assist…