Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing
Whether to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia is one of the most culturally contentious — and important — public policy debates of our time. Supporters of legalization call it a compassionate “last resort” means of preventing unnecessary suffering and promoting autonomy. Opponents see the intentional ending of the lives of the ill as a profound abandonment and a path to eventually allowing death on demand.
How did the so-called right to die become such a visible issue? Wesley’s colleague at Discovery Institute, Dr. Richard Weikart, has the answers. Weikart is emeritus professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus, and a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture.
He has published eight books, including, The Death of Humanity, From Darwin to Hitler, and Hitler’s Religion. He has lectured at many universities and other venues in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. He has been interviewed on dozens of radio shows, podcasts, and TV, as well as appearing in eight documentaries, including “Expelled” with Ben Stein.
His current book is Unnatural Death: Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing.
Related Resources
- Richard Weikart | Discovery Institute
- Unnatural Death | Discovery Institute Press
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