Lawyers and the culture of death

Lawyers in Canada were just enlisted into the culture of death, demonstrating why Massachusetts should not legalize assisted suicide. In an earlier post, I remarked on "the potential, corrupting influence of legalization of assisted suicide on the legal profession." I speculated that "as legalization statutes involve complex legal norms, they will necessarily involve lawyers." I posed a hypothetical "lawyer who succeeds in persuading a court that the patient is acting voluntarily but turns out

Lawyers in Canada were just enlisted into the culture of death, demonstrating why Massachusetts should not legalize assisted suicide. In an earlier post, I remarked on "the potential, corrupting influence of legalization of assisted suicide on the legal profession." I speculated that "as legalization statutes involve complex legal norms, they will necessarily involve lawyers." I posed a hypothetical "lawyer who succeeds in persuading a court that the patient is acting voluntarily but turns out…