SCS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Equal Protection Clause, Robert Latimer, Sue Rodriguez
3 Nov 2016
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70s and 80s euthanasia was illegal and seen as murder. If you believe in the sanctity of life you have 3 normative assumptions. you believe in: stewardship: this means only god can take away the life that was given. You are just a steward and cannot take away the gift the creator gave to you. Monday, october 31, 2016: transcendent: suffering goes beyond the individual. It is meant to reinforce a collective belief that you are being punished for your sins. Killing yourself means you are trying to escape this punishment: divine wrath: disobedience of the sanctity of life invites god"s punishment. Goes to supreme court, loses 5 to 4. Second reason: we have to protect the vulnerable. The vulnerable are at risk because if we allow it, who knows what others will do. She did it anyways with an anonymous doctor. He got charged with second degree murder and got. He broke the sanctity of life that protects society.
