At that point he continued to receive ordinary medical care, together with basic human and spiritual care. He chose to forego disproportionate medical treatment when there was no reasonable hope of recovery. In the last days of his life he showed a judicious use of proportionate or ordinary means to maintain life. The Parochial and Plain Sermons have frequent reference to God as Creator, our condition as God’s creatures, and as his children through baptism. Absolute respect for each person, his body, reputation, and privacy. It is an academic institution that pledges faithfulness to the teachings of the Church and is committed to offering one of the finest classical liberal arts curricula available, as well as opportunities for specialized study in all of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. This and most of the other principles below are found in Newman’s Parochial and Plain Sermons.

He taught in writing and by example that food and water are basic human care that every person should receive. Ave Maria University is a young, vibrant university located in the beautiful Southwest Florida. John Paul II countered the eugenic philosophy with the classical Western concept of man as the image and likeness of God, responsible for the care of himself and society as a whole. The euthanasia movement, linked to eugenics in its origin and present day influence in bioethics espouses the Nazi notion of 'lives not worth living,' unlimited patient autonomy, and philosophical utilitarianism. Medical literature indicates that patient with so-called 'persistent vegetative state' can recover, and that they do experience pain. and that likens a human being to a vegetable.

From the legal sanction of physician-assisted suicide, the euthanasia movement now tries to advance the legal protection for 'mercy killing.' Terri was diagnosed with persistent vegetative state, a term that is outdated, vague and imprecise. The death of Terri Schiavo by starvation and its sanction by some United States Courts indicates the alarming revival of the eugenics and euthanasia movement.

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