by Laura Johnston on May 1, 2012
Dying Wishes
The Boston Globe
April 29, 2012
Quoted: J. Bryan Hehir
Topic: The “Death with Dignity” ballot initiative
J. Bryan Hehir
The Catholic Church, for its part, makes a key distinction between refusing certain medical treatment and actively ending one’s life. Church policy on end-of-life care has long differentiated ordinary from extraordinary means of prolonging life. That is, it’s morally acceptable, in the church’s view, not to go to extraordinary lengths. But there’s “a big ethical leap” between rejecting procedures or treatment and ingesting a fatal prescription, says the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, the secretary for health care and social services in the Boston Archdiocese. “We distinguish between a low-key approach to dying and a purposeful action to take someone’s life or that they take their own life,” he says. “That is the dividing line.”
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by Maryann Leach on April 23, 2012
12:00 to 1:30pm
Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building Main Entrance (B L1)
Harvard Kennedy School
Kamal Mouzawak
Presenter: Kamal Mouzawak, Founder, Souk el Tayeb, Lebanon’s first farmers market
Moderator: Nathalie Kylander, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Kamal Mouzawak founded Beirut’s first farmers’ market, Souk el Tayeb, to support small farmers, offer high quality organic products, and unite religious groups along shared culinary traditions. Through Kamal’s leadership, Souk el Tayeb has expanded into a network of over 100 members with weekly farmers markets throughout Lebanon. Kamal has partnered with international organizations to coordinate Food & Feast festivals that celebrate the heritage and culture of regional foods. Along with his appointment as a Synergos Social Innovator, Kamal was named a “New Heroes-Worldwide” in 2009 by Monocle Magazine, and his work was just featured in The New York Times.
