Assistant Professor of Philosophy, U Lethbridge / author of ‘The MAiD Question: Understanding Canada's Assisted Dying Debate' (forthcoming, McGill-Queen's UP)

Lethbridge, AB (Canada)
Joined July 2022
What if your doctor decided whether you lived or died… by the flip of a coin? At the MAiD committee, Dr. Sonu Gaind testified psychiatrists can be wrong up to 50% of the time predicting recovery. And it can be impossible to tell suicidality from a MAiD request. Life or death shouldn’t be guesswork. #cdnpoli #MAiD #MentalHealth
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Pro Bill 18: Alberta moves to limit assisted death; now Canada must follow calgaryherald.com/opinion/co…
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The UCP voted down the Accessible Alberta Act, a bill meant to start removing barriers and move us toward a barrier-free Alberta by 2040. Actions speak louder than words. The 27% will be back. And we won’t forget. zacharyweeks.ca/blog/bill206 #Alberta #UCP #yeg #yyc #AbPoli
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Every Albertan should know that the UCP just killed the Accessible Alberta Act, a bill that would begin the process of removing barriers for people with disabilities to create a barrier-free Alberta by 2040. UCP says disabled people matter. Watch what they do not what they say.
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Edmonton Sun edmontonsun.com/opinion/tait… This is beyond shameful. I am fundamentally furious
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Opinion: When compassion becomes discrimination: The ethics of MAID for mental illness calgaryherald.com/opinion/co…
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Should Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAID, be Available to People with Mental Illness? The highly debated issue was the focus of a community discussion in Lethbridge hosted by the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs or SACPA. bridgecitynews.ca/debate-con…
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Care must come first. 
Alberta is aiming to restore that fundamental principle in its new MAiD bill. @mickeyamery @ABDanielleSmith 
Read why in my latest: nationalpost.com/opinion/ram…
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Many say that Hannah Arendt got Immanuel Kant wrong. She did once describe his Doctrine of Right as "rather boring and pedantic," but we shouldn't be too quick to dismiss her interesting and creative reading of Kant's political philosophy, writes Nicholas Dunn on our blog:
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Rather than debate who got #Kant “right”, Linda Zerilli explores what #Arendt discovered about judging politically by reading Kant in her own Arendtian way. This essay is free to read now in @nm_dunn’s edited volume as part of our new database #WPR. 🔗 degruyter.com/database/WPR/e…
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“For a thinker like #Arendt, chucking off philosophy turns out to be easier said than done,” argues @ronald_beiner. Read his essay on Arendt’s contribution to a philosophy of judgment as part of @nm_dunn’s volume on Arendt’s Kant lectures in #WPR 🔗degruyter.com/database/WPR/e…
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Introducing: #WPR An expansive new resource exploring works of philosophy and their reception 🔸from antiquity to present, 🔸presenting each work in historical & cultural context 🔸in collaborative volumes, peer-reviewed & edited by leading scholars. ℹ️ degruyter.com/database/wpr/h…
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Excellent essay by @ronald_beiner on the importance of of ascertaining and cultivating one’s own mind as vital in and of itself. Thanks @Arendt_Center . medium.com/quote-of-the-week…
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300 years ago today, Immanuel #Kant was born. Join us in celebrating his legacy! Our special collection of Kant research gives free access to select articles and book chapters until May 15. Read, download and share here: 📚cloud.newsletter.degruyter.c… #Kant300 #OTD
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Excited to share the introduction to my forthcoming edited volume on Arendt's Kant Lectures - part of a forthcoming series from De Gruyter on 'Works of Philosophy and Their Reception: degruyter.com/database/WPR/e…
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Replying to @nm_dunn
Delighted to be a contributor to this volume! Extremely grateful to @nm_dunn for all his hard work in putting it together. Will be a terrific resource for Arendt scholars!
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