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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