The Moral Challenge of Modern Medicine | Dr. Aaron Rothstein | Tikvah Podcast

Описание: In this episode, Jonathan Silver is joined by Dr. Aaron Rothstein, a neurologist at the University of Pennsylvania and a fellow in bioethics and American democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss the challenges and limits of modern medicine.

Last month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law, allowing physicians to prescribe medication intended to end life for terminally ill patients who request it. New York now joins a growing number of U.S. states and Western countries that have passed similar legislation.

While supporters have framed this law as an expansion of compassion and autonomy, experience from Canada and Europe reveals a troubling pattern: rapid expansion, failing safeguards, and growing pressure on the sick, elderly, and vulnerable. This conversation explores how legalizing physician-assisted suicide reshapes the doctor-patient relationship—and what it signals about a society’s view of dignity, suffering, and care.

00:00 Introduction
07:15 What is the Medical Aid in Dying Act?
09:35 Is PSA Really Compassionate?
12:50 What We Can Learn from Canada
16:50 Terminal Illness and the Loneliness Epidemic
20:25 The Scope and Limitations of Medicine
25:35 Why Safeguards Always Fail
31:35 Why Does Modern Society Fear Death?
41:20 A Doctor’s Story
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