Assisted suicide and the corruption of lawyers

The NewBostonPost recently ran a fine editorial by John Peteet, a medical doctor who expressed concern about the proposal to legalize assisted suicide in the commonwealth. His concern is warranted. Substantial evidence has now accumulated to show that legalizing assisted suicide corrupts the medical profession (see, for example, this, this, and this). This is all quite predictable given what we know from moral philosophy about the nature of human choice and action. As I have explained elsewhere:

The NewBostonPost recently ran a fine editorial by John Peteet, a medical doctor who expressed concern about the proposal to legalize assisted suicide in the commonwealth. His concern is warranted. Substantial evidence has now accumulated to show that legalizing assisted suicide corrupts the medical profession (see, for example, this, this, and this). This is all quite predictable given what we know from moral philosophy about the nature of human choice and action. As I have explained elsewhere:…