I am unclear. Is this a moral issue, or a financial one?
I began to see the trend developing back in the 60s. With the demise of a cultural morality, the rise of social Darwinism, and the subjective, "if it feels good, do it" mentality, we began to view all issues through the lens of cost. First was abortion when the arguments were about the cost to society of allowing these children to be born. Now that we seem to have accepted that, its on to the next step. It used to be almost universally thought that God, alone has the power over life and death. Now that we have shaken off that idea, it is we who want that power. Now we can kill off the elderly and get our hands on their money--whoppeee. We can also kill off those who take too much of our time, or are inconvenient to our selfish desires.
I cannot see this as a good.

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