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Under Swiss law, euthanasia—where a doctor actively administers a lethal drug—is banned, but assisted suicide has been allowed for decades so long as there is no selfish or profit motive and the person who has chosen to die is of sound mind and carries out the final act themselves.
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Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Spectropolis is never glib about the transparent profit motive sustaining such rites.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Differences in philosophy and training explain some of the gap in what dentists recommend, but the profit motive is a factor, too, Mertz said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2025
Continuing to assert that simply adding a profit motive will somehow generate better results — without a shred of proof — is disingenuous.
—Michael Zucchet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
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Simon Crerar, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Spectropolis is never glib about the transparent profit motive sustaining such rites.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Differences in philosophy and training explain some of the gap in what dentists recommend, but the profit motive is a factor, too, Mertz said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2025
Continuing to assert that simply adding a profit motive will somehow generate better results — without a shred of proof — is disingenuous.
—Michael Zucchet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Profit motive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20motive. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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