Thursday, March 31, 2005
Schaivo case = bad portent
A lot of people are concerned about the precedent that the Terri Schiavo case establishes, and so am I--but probably for a different reason than most people.
I'm concerned that so many people are so ready to turn to the Federal government to solve what amounts to a family matter.
Private decisions made by public policy almost always turn out to be a bad idea.
Here's just one dimension of the issue: Once you give over the life/death decision to the government, there is no moral distinction between them deciding that you must live from deciding that you must die.
I'm concerned that so many people are so ready to turn to the Federal government to solve what amounts to a family matter.
Private decisions made by public policy almost always turn out to be a bad idea.
Here's just one dimension of the issue: Once you give over the life/death decision to the government, there is no moral distinction between them deciding that you must live from deciding that you must die.
