Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaEUTHANASIA, AUTONOMY AND THE FREE DISPOSING OF ONE´S OWN LIFE
Traditional arguments against disposing of one´s own life are still valid in part: in some societies attempting suicide is still considered a crime, and collaboration with-or complicity- is likewise criminal behavior. Nevertheless, in the last few years there has come about a growing recognition of...
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/7314 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/35505 |
| Sumario: | Traditional arguments against disposing of one´s own life are still valid in part: in some societies attempting suicide is still considered a crime, and collaboration with-or complicity- is likewise criminal behavior. Nevertheless, in the last few years there has come about a growing recognition of “the right to a dignified death”. Al the same, that right comes with certain conditions which, to my way of thinking turn it more into a catchy, deceptive slogan rather than into a clearly consolidated and recognized right. The present article will attempt to explain the different arguments for and against the free disposing of one´s own life as put forward throughout the history of western thinking. Afterwards an attempt will be made to show that the free disposal of one´s own life meets with too many restrictions in Spain, and that in some of them there are underlying extra secular principles, unbecoming to a democratic, multicultural and secular society such as ours. |
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