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May 15, 2013
Vermont Legislature Passes Physician-Assisted Suicide Law
The Vermont legislature has passed a new physician-assisted suicide law and is sending it to Governor Shumlin, who supports it and is expected to sign. The Oregon-style legislation will be the third such state law in the country and the first adopted b...Published Articles (2)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 3 - Mar 2010
Response to Open Peer Commentaries on ?Trans Fat Bans and Human Freedom? David B. Resnik
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 3 - Mar 2010
Trans Fat Bans and Human Freedom David B. Resnik
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May 14, 2012 11:30 am
Slippery-Slope Logic, Applied to Health Care (New York Times)
One pernicious category of imaginary risks involves those created by users of the dreaded “slippery slope” arguments. Such arguments are dangerous because they are popular, versatile and often convincing, yet completely fallacious. Worse, they are creeping into an arena that should be above this sort of thing: the Supreme Court, in its deliberations on health care reform.