Euphemisms Aside, Human Dignity Is Intrinsic

Beware movements that engineer words and deploy gooey euphemisms to further an agenda. It generally means there is something very wrong with that agenda.

In the wake of Brittany Maynard's death, suicide promoters are now using the word "dignity" as a synonym forsuicide, morethan implying thatdying naturally is not dignity. That is not only cruel, it is wrong.

Dignity is intrinsic. Sick and dying people seeking to be assured they still have it look at us -- our faces -- likemirrors. If they see...