Assisted Suicide: A Rational Option or a Tragedy?
In the context of the debate about assisted dying, assisted suicide is increasingly coming to the fore. In the Netherlands and Germany there will shortly be a revision of the penal code, and help with suicide is to be expressly allowed. Under this law the autonomy of the person concerned - their rig...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2021, Issue: 5, Pages: 66-76 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Suicide
/ Autonomy
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| IxTheo Classification: | NCB Personal ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Assisted Suicide
B Right to self-determination |
| Summary: | In the context of the debate about assisted dying, assisted suicide is increasingly coming to the fore. In the Netherlands and Germany there will shortly be a revision of the penal code, and help with suicide is to be expressly allowed. Under this law the autonomy of the person concerned - their right to self-determination in matters relating to death - must be respected. There are no decisive arguments against a demand for assisted suicide, but the one-sided focus on autonomy involves considerable dangers. Suicide should not be glorified as an act of overdue emancipation. It is no enhancement of personal freedom, but a tragedy. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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