My brother Nicholas -- who wrote a couple of posts here a long time ago -- has started his own blog. His second post points out that, relating to matters of life and death:
To have a consistent and sustainable perspective on questions related to the morality of life and death in modern America, one must develop a single, coherent account for at least the following four political issues:To those I might also add animal "rights", mainly because there appears to be a strong connection between those who think killing babies in utero is morally neutral and those who think killing animals is evil. More peripherally, the questions of self-defense and the right to carry weapons also relate to life and death.o Capital punishment
o Euthanasia
o Suicide
o Abortion
I, for one, believe in the right to bear arms. I can say for sure that none of my guns has ever jumped off its rack and shot anyone.