Euthanasia proponent to address debate

THE controversial British ethicist who has said the “demented have a duty to die” is set to speak at a debate in UCC in favour of embryonic stem cell research.

Mary Warnock, an honorary patron of UCC’s philosophical society, has argued people suffering from dementia are wasting their families’ lives and valuable health resources.

Ms Warnock maintains people should be allowed to give advance notice to a third party that they wish to be killed when they reach a set point of mental deterioration.