Etienne Vermeersch
1934
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2019
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: atheism
country of citizenship: Belgium
native language: Dutch
languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch
educated at: Ghent University
occupation: philosopher, university teacher
award received: Geuzen Prize, Groot Ereteken van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Prijs Vrijzinnig Humanisme
official website: www.etiennevermeersch.be
Etienne Vermeersch (2 May 1934, Sint-Michiels, Bruges – 18 January 2019, Ghent) was a Belgian moral philosopher, skeptic, opinion maker and debater. He is one of the founding fathers of the abortion, euthanasia law, and the Law on Patients' Rights in Belgium. Vermeersch became an atheist after five years with the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Later he became a philosophical materialist. In January 2008, Vermeersch was chosen by hundred prominent Flemings as the most influential intellectual of Flanders. He died in a hospital in Ghent on 18 January 2019 by euthanasia after a long illness. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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