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==Euthanasia== |
==Euthanasia== |
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Dowbiggin has written extensively on the history of the [[euthanasia]] movement, including ''A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America'' (2003) and ''A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine'' (2005). |
Dowbiggin has written extensively on the history of the [[euthanasia]] movement, including ''A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America'' (2003) and ''A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine'' (2005). His works link [[Darwinism]] to the euthanasia movement,<ref>{{cite web | last = Weikart | first = Richard | year = 2004 | title = Killing Them Kindly: Lessons from the euthanasia movement | url = http://www.csustan.edu/history/faculty/Weikart/killing.htm | accessdate = July 23, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Larson2004">{{cite journal | last = Larson | first = Edward | year = 2004 | title = Review: Euthanasia in America: Past, Present, and Future: A Review of a "Merciful End" and "Forced Exit" | journal = Michigan Law Review | volume = 102 | number = 6 | pages = 1245–1262 | jstor = 4141944}}</ref> and he has argued that "the ideological justification for euthanasia lies not in the advanced medical technologies of the late 20th century, but in the social Darwinism, [[eugenics]], and [[utilitarianism]] of the late 19th century",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/25444/subject/CulturalStudies/?view=usa&ci=9780195154436 |title=Oxford University Press: A Merciful End: Ian Dowbiggin |publisher=www.oup.com |accessdate=July 23, 2011 }}</ref> presenting the movement as utilitarian and [[Anti-clericalism|anticlerical]].<ref name="Larson2004" /> This focus has been criticised, with Dowbiggin having been accused of overemphasising the relationship between eugenics and euthanasia, and of muddying "important conceptual and practical distinctions" of the different aspects of euthanasia.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Woien | first = Sandra | year = 2007 | title = Review of Ian Dowbiggin, A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine and Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie, Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia | journal = [[American Journal of Bioethics]] | volume = 7 | issue = 11 | pages = 50–52 }}</ref> |
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He has spoken against both euthanasia legislation and Darwinism, and has argued that the [[Netherlands]] shows how a slippery slope can form, where a "permissive attitude to assisted suicide" can lead to other changes.<ref>{{cite web | last = Casey | first = Donna | url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/11/02/4625978-sun.html |title=Debating euthanasia | work = CNews |publisher=Sun Media |accessdate= July 23, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_printable/4007/ |title=spiked review of books | Killer arguments against euthanasia | last = Yuill | first = Kevin | date = October 26, 2007 | work = The Spiked Review of Books | accessdate = July 23, 2011 }}</ref> On Darwinism, Dowbiggin has argued that with the overthrow of the theories of Marx and Freud, Darwinism may be next, and he has asked if [[Darwinism]] needs to be replaced with something else.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518753631.html?dids=518753631:518753631&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+05%2C+1993&author=Ian+Dowbiggin+Special+to+The+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=After+Marx+and+Freud%2C+is+Darwin+next+to+tumble%3F&pqatl=google |title=After Marx and Freud, is Darwin next to tumble? |work=The Star |accessdate=July 23, 2011 | first=Ian | last=Dowbiggin | date=June 5, 1993 }}</ref> |
He has spoken against both euthanasia legislation and Darwinism, and has argued that the [[Netherlands]] shows how a slippery slope can form, where a "permissive attitude to assisted suicide" can lead to other changes.<ref>{{cite web | last = Casey | first = Donna | url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/11/02/4625978-sun.html |title=Debating euthanasia | work = CNews |publisher=Sun Media |accessdate= July 23, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_printable/4007/ |title=spiked review of books | Killer arguments against euthanasia | last = Yuill | first = Kevin | date = October 26, 2007 | work = The Spiked Review of Books | accessdate = July 23, 2011 }}</ref> On Darwinism, Dowbiggin has argued that with the overthrow of the theories of Marx and Freud, Darwinism may be next, and he has asked if [[Darwinism]] needs to be replaced with something else.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518753631.html?dids=518753631:518753631&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+05%2C+1993&author=Ian+Dowbiggin+Special+to+The+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=After+Marx+and+Freud%2C+is+Darwin+next+to+tumble%3F&pqatl=google |title=After Marx and Freud, is Darwin next to tumble? |work=The Star |accessdate=July 23, 2011 | first=Ian | last=Dowbiggin | date=June 5, 1993 }}</ref> |
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A review in the [[The New England Journal of Medicine]] found that Dowbiggin reaches a conclusion that contradicts known data: "Dowbiggin's worry that sterilization is directly responsible for birth rates that are below the replacement rate, which he expresses both in the prologue and in the final chapter of the book, is not supported by the data."<ref name="sterile">{{cite journal |title=The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the Twentieth Century |pages=1854–1855 |author=Carolyn L. Westhoff, M.D. |journal=N Engl J Med |year=2008 |volume=359 |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMbkrev0804703}}</ref> |
A review in the [[The New England Journal of Medicine]] found that Dowbiggin reaches a conclusion that contradicts known data: "Dowbiggin's worry that sterilization is directly responsible for birth rates that are below the replacement rate, which he expresses both in the prologue and in the final chapter of the book, is not supported by the data."<ref name="sterile">{{cite journal |title=The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the Twentieth Century |pages=1854–1855 |author=Carolyn L. Westhoff, M.D. |journal=N Engl J Med |year=2008 |volume=359 |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMbkrev0804703}}</ref> |
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==Gay rights== |
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Dowbiggin has linked the [[gay rights]] movement to [[abortion rights]] and said both reflect a "hatred of Christian moral teaching".<ref name="lsnews" /> |
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==Partial bibliography== |
==Partial bibliography== |
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Revision as of 00:08, 13 November 2011
Ian Robert Dowbiggin | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester, University of Toronto, MacMaster University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | University of Prince Edward Island |
Ian Robert Dowbiggin, born 1952 (age 71–72), is an academic historian, an internationally acclaimed historian of medicine, a recent inductee into the Royal Society of Canada and an opponent of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. He is a professor in the History department at the University of Prince Edward Island. His research and publications have been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities research Council of Canada and the Associated Medical Services. He acts as consultant and coordinator for The Cathedral Institute of Christian Spirituality.[1]
Euthanasia
Dowbiggin has written extensively on the history of the euthanasia movement, including A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America (2003) and A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine (2005). His works link Darwinism to the euthanasia movement,[2][3] and he has argued that "the ideological justification for euthanasia lies not in the advanced medical technologies of the late 20th century, but in the social Darwinism, eugenics, and utilitarianism of the late 19th century",[4] presenting the movement as utilitarian and anticlerical.[3] This focus has been criticised, with Dowbiggin having been accused of overemphasising the relationship between eugenics and euthanasia, and of muddying "important conceptual and practical distinctions" of the different aspects of euthanasia.[5]
He has spoken against both euthanasia legislation and Darwinism, and has argued that the Netherlands shows how a slippery slope can form, where a "permissive attitude to assisted suicide" can lead to other changes.[6][7] On Darwinism, Dowbiggin has argued that with the overthrow of the theories of Marx and Freud, Darwinism may be next, and he has asked if Darwinism needs to be replaced with something else.[8]
Dowbiggin has given speeches at a Canadian pro-life movement conference[9] and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition symposium.[10]
Sterilization
Dowbiggin, who coined the phrase "birth dearth", published the book The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the Twentieth Century in 2008. The book expresses the view that, despite concerns about overpopulation as the human population passes 7 billion, "depopulation could prove to be as big a problem as global warming".[11]
A review in the The New England Journal of Medicine found that Dowbiggin reaches a conclusion that contradicts known data: "Dowbiggin's worry that sterilization is directly responsible for birth rates that are below the replacement rate, which he expresses both in the prologue and in the final chapter of the book, is not supported by the data."[12]
Gay rights
Dowbiggin has linked the gay rights movement to abortion rights and said both reflect a "hatred of Christian moral teaching".[10]
Partial bibliography
- A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine (2005)
- A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America (2003)
- Suspicious Minds: The Triumph of Paranoia in Everyday Life (1999)
- Keeping America Sane: Psychiatry and Eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880-1940 (1997)
- Inheriting Madness: Professionalization and Psychiatric Knowledge in 19th Century France (1991)
References
- ^ "The Cathedral Institute". stpeter.org. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
The staff who run the Institute are ... Professor Ian Dowbiggin and Professor Philip Davis, our Consultants and Coordinators
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Weikart, Richard (2004). "Killing Them Kindly: Lessons from the euthanasia movement". Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ a b Larson, Edward (2004). "Review: Euthanasia in America: Past, Present, and Future: A Review of a "Merciful End" and "Forced Exit"". Michigan Law Review. 102 (6): 1245–1262. JSTOR 4141944.
- ^ "Oxford University Press: A Merciful End: Ian Dowbiggin". www.oup.com. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Woien, Sandra (2007). "Review of Ian Dowbiggin, A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine and Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie, Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia". American Journal of Bioethics. 7 (11): 50–52.
- ^ Casey, Donna. "Debating euthanasia". CNews. Sun Media. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Yuill, Kevin (October 26, 2007). "spiked review of books". The Spiked Review of Books. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Text "Killer arguments against euthanasia" ignored (help) - ^ Dowbiggin, Ian (June 5, 1993). "After Marx and Freud, is Darwin next to tumble?". The Star. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Gosgnach, Tony (November 22, 2005). "National Pro-Life Conference in Montreal A Rousing Success Despite Setbacks". LifeSiteNews.com. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "Prof Links Euthanasia, Eugenics, Sex Education, Population Control, Gay Rights and Abortion Movements". LifeSiteNews.com. November 17, 2003. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Dowbiggin, Ian (2011 [last update]). "The Page 99 Test: I. Dowbiggin's 'The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the Twentieth Century'". page99test.blogspot.com. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Carolyn L. Westhoff, M.D. (2008). "The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the Twentieth Century". N Engl J Med. 359: 1854–1855.