Best Libertarian South Africa Podcasts (2024)

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Are Jews White? Pt. 2 On the Couch 18:46

17d ago18:46

18:46

With David Baddiel and Simon Sebag Montefiore. In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. David Baddiel is a comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter. In 1992, he performed to 12,500 people with Rob Newman…

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Are Jews White? 49:06

24d ago49:06

49:06

In this episode we spend time with David Baddiel and Simon Sebag Montefiore and ask - Where do Jews really come from? Are they white or people of colour? And how should we deal with the ethnic diversity within Jewish populations, with differences between Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews? Questions around whether Jews are white or people of c…

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Does Our Ethnic Heritage Matter? Pt. 2 On the Couch 40:21

2M ago40:21

40:21

Featuring the wonderful Benjamin Law and Professor John Rasko AO. In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. BIOS Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. He’s the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia (20…

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Does Our Ethnic Heritage Matter? 54:28

2M ago54:28

54:28

Featuring the wonderful Benjamin Law and Professor John Rasko AO In this episode with the help of a cultural critic and a genetic expert we consider how to best make sense of our ancestral past and the dangers of over identifying with tribes alongside the very real opportunities science is giving us to change our genetics. While we are all unique i…

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Libertarian vs Indigenous Ways, Pt. 2 On the Couch 28:58

3M ago28:58

28:58

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. BIOS Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk. His work focuses on a…

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Libertarian vs Indigenous Ways: Which is the better model for society? 55:34

3M ago55:34

55:34

In this episode we contrast two very different ways of seeing the world — Libertarianism and Indigenous Ways, to consider which model is better for society. Libertarianism, with a focus on the version of this political philosophy that came about in the second half of the 20th century, usually associated with the centre right, does in fact cut acros…

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Is Wisdom Helpful? Pt.2 On the Couch with Krista Tippett 19:44

5M ago19:44

19:44

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. Krista Tippett is a Peabody-award winning broadcaster, National Humanities Medalist, and New York Times bestselling author. She created and hosts On Being, which has won the hig…

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Spotlight with Krista Tippett: Is Wisdom Helpful? 30:50

5M ago30:50

30:50

On this special Spotlight episode the US broadcaster/podcaster/writer Krista Tippett joins Emile and Lloyd to discuss wisdom and meaning. Krista’s On Being radio show and podcast has enriched the lives of its many millions of listeners over decades as has her best-selling book Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living As host Emi…

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Should We Aim To Be Thin? Pt.2 On the Couch. 44:08

5M ago44:08

44:08

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. Guests Tigress Osborn (she/her) is a fat rights advocate and Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), the world’s oldest documented orga…

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Should We Aim To Be Thin? 59:11

6M ago59:11

59:11

We live in a culture that is obsessed by weight. About a third of adult women in the US are on a diet at any given time, and a fifth of men. Those who aren’t dieting are thinking about dieting, with well over half of all adults actively wanting to lose weight, with men only slightly trailing women. To feed the obsession on weight, or to help people…

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The Basics of Bad Faith, Pt.2 On the Couch. 35:12

6M ago35:12

35:12

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. Tim Dean Tim Dean is Senior Philosopher at The Ethics Centre, where he works to promote ethics in public and professional spheres. He has a Doctorate in philosophy from the Univ…

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The Basics of Bad Faith 44:16

6M ago44:16

44:16

In this episode we go back to basics and look at the practical ways of communicating the principle of charity and how certain behaviours over time have been developed for social cohesion, even when we don’t all agree. With our special guests – moral philosopher Dr Tim Dean and festival director Danielle Harvey – we have a wide-ranging discussion on…

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Can AI Create Art? Pt. 2 On the Couch 36:00

8M ago36:00

36:00

With guests, Ahmed Elgammal and Michael Sacasas In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Ins…

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Can AI create Art? 51:56

9M ago51:56

51:56

In 2022, an AI generated work of art won a US state art competition. The artist used Midjourney, one of the popular AI systems that also include Dall-E and Stable Diffusion. They are trained on the millions of images scattered through the internet, using a deep learning program called a ‘generative adversarial network’, or GAN for short. It works b…

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Christianity Vs Islam Pt.2 On the Couch 34:01

9M ago34:01

34:01

With guests, Professor Mohamad Abdalla and Professor Robyn Horner In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCha…

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Christianity vs Islam: Which Offers the Best Path to Salvation? 1:02:16

9M ago1:02:16

1:02:16

Christianity and Islam are the two biggest religions on the globe, accounting for just over half the world’s population combined. Most of us know about the religion we belong to and too often learn about other religions from the actions of extreme fundamentalists, mediated by the news, and by politics. In this episode we go back to basics, to find …

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Should We Embrace Shame? Pt. 2 On the Couch 37:57

10M ago37:57

37:57

With guests, Dr Patti Ashley and Dr Tanveer Ahmed. In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on …

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Shame on You! Should we Embrace Shame? 59:11

10M ago59:11

59:11

It’s said that the world can be divided into shame based and guilt based cultures, with the west sitting firmly in the guilt side. This is because the west has prioritised this idea of the individual, with our sense of right and wrong a matter between ourself and whatever higher power we ascribe to – whether it's our god, the state laws, or our con…

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On the Couch with Emile, Lloyd and Jonah 1:03:00

11M ago1:03:00

1:03:00

Hosts Emile and Lloyd discuss some of the highlights of the past two years and run a slide rule over the Principle of Charity mission to inject curiosity and generosity back into our conversations on big social issues. They ponder if the show should be more volatile and tick off the hot topics they want to canvas with expert guests. AI for starters…

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Are Things Getting Better or Worse? Pt. 2 On the Couch 31:43

12M ago31:43

31:43

With guests Francisco Ferreira and Emma Varvaloucas In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on…

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Are Things Getting Better or Worse? 53:36

12M ago53:36

53:36

How should we think and feel about so many things that are still so so bad, but, crucially here, so much better, than they were. Consider child mortality. Apparently, five million children under 5 died in the last year. Yet that number has more than halved in the last 30 years, which is again a huge reduction from the 20 million children under 5 wh…

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Who has it Harder: Women or Men? Pt. 2 On the Couch 38:00

1y ago38:00

38:00

With guests, Caroline Lambert and Matt Tyler In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instag…

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Who has it Harder: Women or Men? 59:33

1y ago59:33

59:33

Women have, by and large, lived under the yoke of patriarchy, in various forms, for as long as… well, certainly as long as civilisations have existed. So it’s with some trepidation, and a little bit of cheekiness, that we’re airing the headwinds that face women alongside those that face men. There’s the danger of moral equivalence, where two views …

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On Creativity Pt. 2 On the Couch with Jane Campion 33:05

1y ago33:05

33:05

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile …

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Oscar Special: Spotlight with Jane Campion - On Creativity 50:54

1y ago50:54

50:54

Spotlight with Jane Campion: can creativity help us leap outside ourselves? Multiple academy award winning writer and director Jane Campion (The Piano The Power of the Dog) joins Emile and Lloyd for a fascinating conversation on creativity and how it can change and enhance our understanding of each other. Jane explains her creative practices and in…

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Nature VS Nurture Pt 4: On the Couch with Michele Borba 22:06

1y ago22:06

22:06

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile …

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Nature Vs Nurture Pt 3: The Alternate View on Moulding Kids with Michele Borba 48:04

1y ago48:04

48:04

Thirty years talking to kids, parents and teachers and analyzing data from across the globe, has led US educator Michele Borba to a categoric conclusion: parents can indeed shape those character strengths of their children that will ultimately determine how successful they are in life. So what are the character traits that can be moulded and how sh…

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Nature VS Nurture Pt 2: On the Couch with Robert Plomin 32:20

1y ago32:20

32:20

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile …

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Nature VS Nurture Pt 1: Can We Mould Our Kids With Geneticist Robert Plomin 1:01:12

1y ago1:01:12

1:01:12

Behavioural geneticist Robert Plomin’s book Blueprint, How DNA Makes Us Who We Are has changed lives. Robert is arguably the leading figure in behavioural genetics, working across the field for many decades. In his book Blueprint, he shows us the extraordinary evidence for our genetic nature being the absolutely dominant force in predicting who we …

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Should we Move Towards or Away from Triggers? Pt 2. On the Couch 33:54

1+ y ago33:54

33:54

with guests Victoria Bridgland and Nicole Bedera, In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on I…

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TRIGGER WARNING!: Should we Move Towards or Away from Triggers? 1:01:36

1+ y ago1:01:36

1:01:36

Trigger warnings have become common practice these days, not just in university campuses, but across the media landscape, in film, television, online and social media. They warn us that the material we’re about to see or hear might trigger distress. But what actually is a trigger? And what’s it meant to protect us from? Trigger warnings were origin…

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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps 1:27:52

1+ y ago1:27:52

1:27:52

"The world has never been more connected. Yet never more divided. We yell at each other from inside our echo chambers. But change doesn’t happen inside an echo chamber." - Uncomfortable Conversations This week Emile and Lloyd guest on Josh's show. If you'd like to send questions to Lloyd and Emile for our upcoming AMA, email principleofcharitypodca…

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Is Complementary (Alternative) Medicine Helpful? Pt. 2 On the Couch 31:32

1+ y ago31:32

31:32

With guests Dr Norman Swan and Dr Penny Caldicott In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on I…

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Is Complementary (Alternative) Medicine Helpful? 53:05

1+ y ago53:05

53:05

What do we do when we don’t feel well and mainstream western medicine can’t seem to help us. Maybe it’s an irritable bowel, headaches that come too frequently, chronic fatigue or joint pain that just won’t go away. Maybe it’s more serious - a life-threatening diagnosis of cancer, or a neurological condition like parkinsons, and we are told by docto…

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Does Traditional Journalism Stifle the Truth? Pt. 2 On the Couch with Claire Lehmann. 26:39

1+ y ago26:39

26:39

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile …

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Spotlight with Claire Lehmann: Does Traditional Journalism Stifle the Truth? 35:53

1+ y ago35:53

35:53

Australian Claire Lehmann left university and founded the online magazine Quillette to counter what she saw as an orthodoxy in knowledge coming from the progressive left. Claire perceived a lack of rigor in the humanities where, it seemed to her, ideology was trumping evidence. Since its inception as a start-up in 2015, Quillette has gone on to ach…

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Should We Care About Inequality? Pt. 2 On the Couch with Russ Roberts 22:17

1+ y ago22:17

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In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has a more relaxed conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. Monday, 9 August 2021 6:30 PM ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Facebook and @PrincipleofCharityPodcast on Instagram. Your host…

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Should We Care About Inequality? With Russ Roberts 42:48

1+ y ago42:48

42:48

Internationally recognised economist, educator and host of the podcast EconTalk, Dr Russ Roberts, discusses wealth and inequality under capitalism and questions whether there is real harm in inequality. Rather, in distinguishing inequality from poverty he says it’s the damage from poverty, not inequality, that’s more deserving of public concern and…

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Should Racial Identity Form a Basis for Politics? Pt. 2 On the Couch 1:00:15

1+ y ago1:00:15

1:00:15

With guests, Chloe Valdary and Ian Haney Lopez In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an uninhibited conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. Chloe Valdary Chloe is the founder of the Theory of Enchantment, a conflict resolution model for businesses and workplaces that w…

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Identity Politics: Should Racial Identity Form a Basis for Politics? 50:32

1+ y ago50:32

50:32

International scholar and doyen of critical race theory Prof Ian Haney Lopez and writer and entrepreneur Chloe Valdary are powerful voices in the strident and polarising debates surrounding identity politics. In this episode, we explore the shift in the understanding of racism, from the traditional liberal notion that we should treat everyone equal…

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How Do We Know What’s True? On the Couch with Jonathan Rauch 23:50

1+ y ago23:50

23:50

In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has a more relaxed conversation with the guest, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity. US writer and author of The Constitution of Knowledge Jonathan Rauch, explains what ‘truth’ is and why and how we must defend it. In a fascinating account of how liberal democra…

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Spotlight With Jonathan Rauch: How Do We Know What’s True? 50:00

1+ y ago50:00

50:00

US writer and author of The Constitution of Knowledge Jonathan Rauch, explains what ‘truth’ is and why and how we must defend it. In a fascinating account of how liberal democracies ‘produce’ knowledge, Jonathan describes this unwritten ‘constitution of knowledge’ as a global process of error checking with millions of people around the world, thous…

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Season 3 Trailer 0:39

1+ y ago0:39

0:39

Welcome to Season 3 of Principle of Charity, where we explore social issues with curiosity, generosity and humility. It’s been remarkable seeing the growth in our audience over the last season. The big news is, Season 3 launches next week! We’ve got some fantastic topics and guests already in the can, exploring identity politics, inequality, whethe…

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Reflections with Emile and Lloyd 34:24

2y ago34:24

34:24

To round off Season 2, Principle of Charity producer Jonah Primo talks with hosts Emile Sherman and Lloyd Vogelman, delving into what they’ve learned from the season, whether they’ve changed their minds, how the podcast has evolved and where it goes from here. ~~ You can be part of the discussion @PofCharity on Twitter, @PrincipleofCharity on Faceb…

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Meditation vs Psychoanalysis: Which is Better at Reducing Suffering? 1:07:19

2y ago1:07:19

1:07:19

What do we do with our mental suffering? From everyday anger and disappointments, to life defining moments of grief and pain, we are all dealing with our emotional life, much of which can be challenging. In this episode we are going to explore two great models - meditation and psychoanalysis, to look at what they have in common and how they differ.…

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Do Criminals Deserve to be Punished? 1:05:42

2y ago1:05:42

1:05:42

When someone breaks the law, most of us have an instinct that they should be punished. In fact, that they deserve to be punished. At the base of this is a sense that we are morally responsible for our actions and we should get our ‘just deserts’ if we make bad choices. This assumption is deeply encoded in the criminal law itself. Sure, there are ot…

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Is More Immigration a Good or Bad Thing? 1:07:41

2y ago1:07:41

1:07:41

Immigration is such a hot topic. Our borders are, in a sense, our collective skin and the question of who we let in seems to activate our primal instincts. Who comes in can feel and can at times be dangerous. Yet we want new ideas, new brain and brawn-power to fuel our country. A larger population can bring greater economic growth and prosperity. A…

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Is it OK for Storytellers to Appropriate Stories and Characters from Other Cultures? 1:00:51

2y ago1:00:51

1:00:51

Up until not that long ago, storytellers were encouraged to flex their creative muscles, to look outside themselves, and armed with their imagination as well as a lot of research, to bring to life characters, stories and worlds that they didn’t inhabit themselves, often worlds vastly different to the culture they’ve grown up in. But relatively rece…

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Liberalism vs Conservatism – Which Offers the Better Model for Society? 1:03:17

2y ago1:03:17

1:03:17

In this episode, we explore the two great movements of the political right - liberalism of the right and conservatism. They are such different political philosophies, yet they share the same bed, uneasily much of the time, in right wing politics. By liberalism, we mean the political philosophy that champions individual rights and freedoms, private …

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Should Societies allow Voluntary Euthanasia (aka Voluntary Assisted Dying)? 1:10:31

2y ago1:10:31

1:10:31

What do we do, as a society, with people who want to die? We’re talking here about those with a terminal illness, who know that the rest of their waking hours will be filled with much pain, and who want to choose when and how to end it. Do we have the right to end our life on our terms, or is life so precious that even we can’t extinguish it? And i…

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