THE LEGAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF THE CONCEPT OF EUTHANASIA
Journal Title: Challenges of the knowledge society ( Provocari ale societatii cunoasterii ) - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue 12
Abstract
If the right to life of the human being is consecrated, guaranteed, promoted and unanimously recognized as a subjective right of a general nature, the right to assisted death can be understood by reference to the individual seeking support for the application of certain euthanasia procedures, resulting in his physics disappearance. Considering the legal challenge to the regulation of euthanasia and its social and, above all, religious implications, we consider it relevant to analyze the arguments specific to each direction of approach in order to converge the adopted solutions. Taking into account the definition of euthanasia accepted unanimously and covering the relevant cases, we consider necessary the distinction between euthanasia and the like, in order to determine the limits of the euthanasia cases, a criterion for their identification and the correctness of the use of such criterion. The supporters of euthanasia invoke Cicero's argument that a good death is the ideal way to respect the law of nature, leaving the world in peace and dignity, and the opponents base their argumentation on religious and ethical principles regarding the sacredness of life, and find that the legalization of euthanasia contributes to hurry the deaths of some people, sometimes even against their will.
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Maria-Irina GRIGORE-RĂDULESCU, Corina Florenţa POPESCU
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