Debating Death #1: Should Liberal Societies Legalize Euthanasia?
Bodily Autonomy, Negative Liberty, and Positive Freedom This is a first in a series of “Debating Death” articles which thematize ethical, political, medical, legal, social and cultural aspects of legalizing euthanasia. It is commonly understood that liberal societies are based on a concept of negative liberty. The notion was first introduced by Hobbes in Leviathan […]
My Struggle in Comprehending Freedom
Human freedom is always perceived to be a universal phenomenon whose principal landscape is globally acceptable and applied. Although this premise is somewhat accurate, it poses the risk of masking how freedom is understood and responded to within a specific setting that might take the shape of a region, an indigenous community, a country or […]