Dying With Real Dignity
Dignity is popular these days. When people champion human rights, human dignity is usually not too far behind, and with good reason: our rights are based on it. Conversely, things without dignity do not have rights. For example, when we get sick, we have no qualms about killing the bacteria or viruses that cause our diseases because they do not possess the same dignity that we do. As a result, we simply kill them when they get in our way. Somewhat paradoxically, another ri