Consider the oft-repeated distinction between prolonging life and hastening death. Is it right for Dave to forgo reasonable medical treatment? If “reasonable” is shaped by essentially secularist assumptions, it may well lead in one direction; if “reasonable” takes into account, say, the importance of leaving a godly heritage for the daughter, the importance of embodied human life, trust in God even in the midst of suffering, and related Christian stances, it may well lead in another. A woman with