In this episode, J.P. and Stan discuss a path for ethical clarity through the complex conversations surrounding death and dying.

 

In this podcast we discuss:

The two ways to define a person: functional and ontological

What is life? How to gain clarity by asking the most fundamental question

How to avoid unhelpful definitions and category fallacies when discussing death and dying

The uniquely modern problem of distance from death

How J.P.’s experience facing cancer encouraged him to dig deeper into a study of life after death

Where we see the suppressed emotions and anxiety over mortality impacting our culture

What the important difference is between “active” and “passive” euthanasia

Is there such a thing as a life not worthy of being lived?

Ways “thinking Christianly” about current events helps reduce the anxiety associated with overwhelming information

Our role in nourishing a culture of life

Resources mentioned during our conversation:

21 grams experiment, Wikipedia

Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

JP Moreland, A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles: Instruction and Inspiration for Living Supernaturally in Christ

John Burke, Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You

Jeffrey Long, M.D. with Paul Perry, Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences

Mary C. Neal, M.D., To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again

Dale C. Allison, Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in a Secular Age

Unbelievable Podcast, "Angels, Visions and Near-death Encounters - Dale C. Allison on Whether Skeptics can take Religious Experiences Seriously"

Soren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin

Leo Alexander, M.D., "Medical Science Under Dictatorship"

Health Canada, “Final Report of the Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness”

Associated Press News, "'Disturbing': Experts Troubled by Canada’s Euthanasia Laws"

Stan Wallace, "Saying ‘Goodbye’ Well"

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