Excerpt From The Interview

“Pain is an enemy, pain and death are both enemies. So we should be struggling against pain. We should be trying to help people to ease their pain at the end of their life. We shouldn’t be trying to make people suffer as much as they can. And some people when they frame issues about euthanasia, they call it compassionate death. They very often do try to frame pain as being the key driving force here. But what’s interesting about this issue is that pain often is not the issue why people are getting assisted suicide and euthanasia.”

About Dr. Richard Weikart

Richard Weikart is professor of history at California State Univ., Stanislaus. He recently completed a documentary project, “Exploring the Reformation and Revivals in Germany,” which is available on youtube. He has published six books, including most recently _The Death of Humanity: And the Case for Life_, and _Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs That Drove the Third Reich_. His previous books included _From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany_ and _Hitler’s Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress_, both published by the scholarly publisher Palgrave Macmillan. In addition to his books, he has published many articles, review essays, and reviews in scholarly journals.

Links Mentioned

Unnatural Death: Medicines Descent From Healing to Killing by Dr. Richard Weikart

Dr. Weikart’s Other Books

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