Euthanasia and the lie of the 'good death'

The term euthanasia literally means “good death.” The word is constructed from the Greek eu (good) and thanatos (death) — the same root that inspired the name of the Marvel villain Thanos, whose vision of “balance” required mass death.The language itself tells you everything. Dress death up as “good,” and you can begin to sell it to failed socialist medical systems as a desirable cure-all.Euthanasia, often called “doctor-assisted suicide,” has been thrust back into public view by developments in...