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Holding an opposing view is not ‘imposing’ belief on the assisted dying debate

Holding an opposing view is not ‘imposing’ belief on the assisted dying debate

Opposing interventions from believers on dishonesty grounds is a sinister development in public debate. 16/06/2025

Nick Spencer writes for Seen & Unseen, unpacking his latest essay, “How much have your religious views influenced your decision?”: religion and the assisted dying debate.

You can read the essay in full here.


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Nick Spencer

Nick Spencer

Nick is Senior Fellow at Theos. He is the author of a number of books and reports, including Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion (Oneworld, 2023), The Political Samaritan: how power hijacked a parable (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Evolution of the West (SPCK, 2016) and Atheists: The Origin of the Species (Bloomsbury, 2014). He is host of the podcast Reading Our Times.

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Posted 16 June 2025

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