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Cārvāka and Epicurus, two ancient materialists at a deathbed
I'm a palliative care nurse in Montreal. Epicurus helped me think about death without flinching: in the Letter to Menoeceus he says death is nothing to us, because where death is, we are not, and where we are, death is not. I've…
Started by Nadia Haddad5 replies242 views -
Double effect is a genuine moral distinction, not a lawyer’s trick for doing harm with clean hands
I teach metaphysics at a seminary, and every year at least one student arrives having read online that the doctrine of double effect is Catholic casuistry: a way to do what you want and say you did not intend it. I want…
Started by Fr. Ikechukwu Anyanwu6 replies164 views