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Podcast: The Prospect Podcast
Episode: Is assisted dying moral? Rowan Williams and Brenda Hale in conversation
Description: Would legalising assisted dying end unnecessary suffering? Or would it instead enable the abuse of some of society’s most vulnerable people?As parliament discusses assisted dying once again, Prospect invited two of our most profound thinkers—Rowan Williams and Brenda Hale—to debate the issue. As archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams led a Church that publicly opposes any form of assisted dying, while, as a Supreme Court judge, Brenda Hale was involved in life-or-death judgements.In a moving discussion, Hale discusses her own Christian faith, while Williams shares his pastoral experience in the comp...