John Chesterman
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The author praises the Victoria Legislative Council's rejection of a bill that would have allowed euthanasia among terminally ill people through the consumption of a drug. He questions the supposed 'indignity' of terminal illness as a rationale for euthanasia and asserts that the bill would have negated the basic human instinct of caring for others.
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The author praises the Victoria Legislative Council's rejection of a bill that would have allowed euthanasia among terminally ill people through the consumption of a drug. He questions the supposed 'indignity' of terminal illness as a rationale for euthanasia and asserts that the bill would have negated the basic human instinct of caring for others.
Key concepts: Instinct, Demise, Legislature, Project commissioning, Terminally ill, Law, Publishing, Political science