"Dying with Dignity packs an outsized punch because it is co-authored by controversial German theologian and Catholic priest Hans Kung. Parting, as he often has, with traditional Catholic teaching, Kung argues that voluntary euthanasia can be a moral choice. 'As a Christian and theologian I am convinced that the all-merciful God, who has given men and women freedom and responsiblity for their lives, has also left dying people the responsibility for making a conscientious decision about the manner and time of their deaths. . ...
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"Dying with Dignity packs an outsized punch because it is co-authored by controversial German theologian and Catholic priest Hans Kung. Parting, as he often has, with traditional Catholic teaching, Kung argues that voluntary euthanasia can be a moral choice. 'As a Christian and theologian I am convinced that the all-merciful God, who has given men and women freedom and responsiblity for their lives, has also left dying people the responsibility for making a conscientious decision about the manner and time of their deaths. . .There should be no compulson to die but there should be no compulsion to live either.'"
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