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Ian Robert Dowbiggin, born 1952 (age 72–73), is an academic historian, an author and an opponent of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. He is a professor in the History department at the University of Prince Edward Island.

Euthanasia

Dowbiggin has written extensively on the history of the euthanasia movement, including A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America (2003) and A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine (2005). His works link Darwinism to the euthanasia movement, and he has argued that "the ideological justification for euthanasia lies not in the advanced medical technologies of the late 20th century, but in the social Darwinism, eugenics, and utilitarianism of the late 19th century", presenting the movement as utilitarian and anticlerical. This focus has been criticised, with Dowbiggin having been accused of overemphasising the relationship between eugenics and euthanasia, and of muddying "important conceptual and practical distinctions" of the different aspects of euthanasia.

He has spoken against both euthanasia and Darwinism, arguing that the Dutch experience of euthanasia offers a “cautionary lesson” for Canada, showing that countries that begin to take a permissive attitude to assisted suicide keep pushing the boundaries. As such he is opposed to the legalisation of physician-assisted suicide and lethal injection. On Darwinism, Dowbiggin has argued that with the overthrow of the theories of Marx and Freud, Darwinism may be next, and has asked if Darwinism needs to be replaced with something else.

Dowbiggin has given speeches at Canadian pro-life movement conferences and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition symposium.

Politics

A well known political commentator in the Canadian press, Dowbiggin is seen as a "conservative scholar" and potential future conservative leader.

Books

He is the author of Inheriting Madness: Professionalization and Psychiatric Knowledge in 19th C. France (1991), Keeping America Sane: Psychiatry and Eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880-1940 (1997), Suspicious Minds: The Triumph of Paranoia in Everyday Life (1999) and most recently, A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America, (2003).

References

  1. "Killing Them Kindly". www.csustan.edu. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. "Evolution News & Views: Weikart Responds to Avalos". www.evolutionnews.org. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  3. "Review: A Merciful End". www.historycooperative.org. Retrieved 2009-10-20. {{cite web}}: Text "The American Historical Review, 108.5" ignored (help); Text "The History Cooperative" ignored (help)
  4. "Oxford University Press: A Merciful End: Ian Dowbiggin". www.oup.com. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  5. Larson, Edward (2004). "Review: Euthanasia in America: Past, Present, and Future: A Review of a "Merciful End" and "Forced Exit"". Michigan Law Review. 102 (6): 1245–1262. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  6. Woien, Sandra (2007). "Review of Ian Dowbiggin, A Concise History of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God, and Medicine and Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie, Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia". The American Journal of Bioethics. 7 (11): 50–52.
  7. "Debating euthanasia - Canada - Canoe.ca". cnews.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  8. "spiked review of books". www.spiked-online.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20. {{cite web}}: Text "Killer arguments against euthanasia" ignored (help)
  9. Dowbiggin, Ian (1993-06-05). "After Marx and Freud, is Darwin next to tumble?". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  10. "After Marx and Freud, is Darwin next to tumble?". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  11. "National Pro-Life Conference in Montreal A Rousing Success Despite Setbacks". www.lifesitenews.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  12. "Canadian National pro-Life Conference in Montreal". www.lifesitenews.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  13. "Prof Links Euthanasia, Eugenics, Sex Education, Population Control, Gay Rights and Abortion Movements". www.lifesitenews.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  14. "ESR". www.enterstageright.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20. {{cite web}}: Text "July 14, 2003" ignored (help); Text "Preparing tomorrow's conservative leaders" ignored (help)

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