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The nazis used to call this "Gnadentod" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4
by sjaak 4y ago
The nazis used to call this "Gnadentod"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4
- gherkinnn 4y agoGodwins law going strong. So unnecessary to bring in the Nazis. “Gnadentod”, as the page suggests, means “mercy death”. Nothing special. In fact, not unlike “euthanasia”, which is derived from “good death” in ancient Greek.
- dane-pgp 4y agoI don't think the focus of the parent comment was about the name used, but about the thinking behind the policy, and its consequences. Perhaps a better article to link would have been: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_unworthy_of_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_unworthy_of_life
- joemazerino 4y agoAs if Nazis were the only ones in history with this practice.
- davidpaulyoung 4y agoI don't think "euthanasia" is an ancient greek word. It is a modern neo-logism from the 17th century with the meaning of "easy death".
- dathinab 4y agoGnadentod can be roughly translated to "mercy death". Its not a word invented by nazies, through they loved abusing it. It tends to have been used in any use case where a mercy killing would be done. E. g. when killing a animal which is in constant heavy pain, has no chance to recover and will die soon. Like any case of mercy killing its at least moralicaly questionable especially if the being in question didn't agree to it out of fully fee will (e.g. can't consent) and more then questionable if you force it on anyone. As then it's nothing not then trying to reframe murder.