vulnerable people

Assisted Dying and Protecting the Vulnerable

by Roger Crisp
September 17, 2015September 16, 2015

Sadly, though unsurprisingly, Rob Marris’s assisted dying bill has been rejected overwhelmingly by British MPs.

The most widely accepted argument in favour of rejecting the bill seems to have been that doing so would protect the vulnerable.Read More »Assisted Dying and Protecting the Vulnerable

The Savage in Us All

by Roger Crisp
June 8, 2011

Many since the nineteenth century, including Ghandi and Churchill, have said that a society should be judged by how it treats its weakest members. They must be right – although of course it’s not the only relevant measure. The Panorama programme which uncovered the systematic abuse of highly vulnerable people by staff at the Winterbourne… Read More »The Savage in Us All