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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
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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I'd say that's the most accurate part of your paragraph, partly because it points to a medical fact. We as humans, can prolong life much more than we could in the 50's. It is us who invented life prolonging technology. God, apparently, wasn't interested in prolonging our lives so we had to step in and overrule his lackluster performance. Since we did that, it's also necessary that we take responsibility for our actions by saying death lies in the hands of the individual and not in the hands of the divinity. If he gets his panties in a wad about that usurption, there's always a bolt of lightning.