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	Podcast:		Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
	Episode:		Autonomy is vital to MAID law and the right to die: ethicist
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:54:08
	Publish Date:		2025-07-21 21:10:00
	Description:		Bioethicist Arthur Schafer has thought a lot about life and death. He has helped shape policy on medically assisted death (MAID) in Canada. The philosophy professor argues that an ideal end-of-life legislation would be respectful of individual choice and the wishes of individuals to die according to their own values. "The best ethical argument is that patient autonomy is a fundamental value," Schafer told IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed. He discusses the role of philosophy in addressing complex ethical dilemmas confronting individuals, and society as a whole.
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