Last updated on:
8/31/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
Diane Raymond, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Simmons College
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“A blanket prohibition against euthanasia, while clear and easy to maintain, seems to me inconsistent with feminism’s rejection of rigid absolutism and its embracing of context and ambiguity.”
“‘Fatal Practices’: A Feminist Analysis of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,” Hypatia, Spring 1999
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to end-of-life issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to end-of-life. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies, Simmons College
- Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Simmons College
- Education:
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- PhD, New York University
- MA, New York University
- BA, Vassar College
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