martin hardie on Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:28:40 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: <nettime> The Vegetative Prince Will Not Wake Up: Dutch Prince Friso medical ethics and the ordeal of social inequality |
Thanks for chasing that up Keith. As I explained off list I am extremely busy this week. So my contributions have been very short and without references. I agree with the other contributor that Agamben has much to offer this problem. Regarding my demagogy it is the state that ultimately authorises the killing of a life not worth living. No matter what liberal clothes you try to dress this up in the problem is one at the centre of the question of bare life. It is also why this issue carries with it such, dare I saw, fascist overtones. One also had to be clear not to confuse withdrawal of medical attention with euthanasia. I'll try to be more fulsome later next week. Martin auskadi.com On Aug 29, 2012 4:57 AM, "Keith Sanborn" <mrzero@panix.com> wrote: > I was incredulous myself. Google Remenlink report and you will find the > numbers are closer to 6,000 involuntary terminations of life <...> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org