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When it comes to euthanasia, not all slippery slope arguments are 'bullshit'

  • Written by Xavier Symons, Research Associate, University of Notre Dame Australia
imageThere is no shortage of dubious slippery slope arguments.from shutterstock.com

The Twittersphere went into meltdown on Monday night after a spat on ABC’s Q&A between bioethics professor Margaret Somerville and 81-year-old audience member Patricia Fellows.

Somerville defended, at some length, her opposition to euthanasia. Fellows responded...

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