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What's that got to do with Kevorkian? It is not so difficult, for me at least, to envision a society of brave new benignity and rationality, in which a sort of humane disposal system would tidy up and whisk away to dreamland the worst-case geezers and crones. They...
"Here's one more small step in the direction of trying to make this process faster, better, more rational, more effective," Harrison said. "[And] it's a contribution I'm very proud of, incidentally," he added.
Behind the absorbing plot and images, Saramago crafts a profoundly cynical allegory for the condition of humanityand the fragility of the comforts we take forgranted. At the root of the story is not anexplanation for humanity's existence or diagrammeddirections on how to live virtuously: Saramago isnot constructing a sermon...
It is my mind that determines my goals and values, and I give my life meaning. I am my sanction, and my purpose is my own rational happiness. If I choose to live my life in service to others, so be it. But if I, the selfish man that I...
"We want people to engage their criticalthinking skill, and have rational thought guidethem in their decision making process," saidKirchhoff, who is also a Crimson editor.