EUTHANASIA, 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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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
2015
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| description | 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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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-73142016-01-11T23:04:44Z EUTHANASIA, AUTONOMY AND THE FREE DISPOSING OF ONE´S OWN LIFE EUTANASIA, AUTONOMÍA Y LA LIBRE DISPONIBILIDAD DE LA PROPIA VIDA Pérez Sánchez, Elías 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. Los argumentos tradicionales contrarios a la disponibilidad de la propia vida conservan alguna fuerza: en algunas sociedades, el intento de suicidio se considera todavía un delito y la colaboración —o complicidad— sigue siendo igualmente una conducta delictiva. No obstante, en los últimos años se ha llevado a cabo un creciente reconocimiento del llamado “derecho a una muerte digna”. De todos modos, ese derecho soporta ciertas condiciones que lo convierten, a mi entender, más en un eslogan pegadizo y engañoso que en un derecho claramente consolidado y reconocido. En el presente artículo intentaré explicar diversos argumentos a favor y en contra de la libre disponibilidad de la propia vida formulados a lo largo de la historia del pensamiento occidental. Posteriormente, trataré de demostrar que la libre disposición de la propia vida encuentra demasiadas restricciones en España y que en algunas de ellas subyacen principios extraseculares impropios de una sociedad democrática, pluricultural y secular como la nuestra. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2015-12-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/7314 10.55441/1668.7515.n15.7314 Astrolabio; No. 15 (2015): DERIVAS DE LA MEMORIA EN LA PRODUCCIÓN INTELECTUAL Y ARTÍSTICA; 303-333 Astrolabio; Núm. 15 (2015): DERIVAS DE LA MEMORIA EN LA PRODUCCIÓN INTELECTUAL Y ARTÍSTICA; 303-333 Astrolabio; n. 15 (2015): DERIVAS DE LA MEMORIA EN LA PRODUCCIÓN INTELECTUAL Y ARTÍSTICA; 303-333 1668-7515 10.55441/1668.7515.n15 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/7314/13442 |
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| title | EUTHANASIA, AUTONOMY AND THE FREE DISPOSING OF ONE´S OWN LIFE |
| title_alt | EUTANASIA, AUTONOMÍA Y LA LIBRE DISPONIBILIDAD DE LA PROPIA VIDA |
| title_full | EUTHANASIA, AUTONOMY AND THE FREE DISPOSING OF ONE´S OWN LIFE |
| title_fullStr | EUTHANASIA, AUTONOMY AND THE FREE DISPOSING OF ONE´S OWN LIFE |
| title_full_unstemmed | EUTHANASIA, AUTONOMY AND THE FREE DISPOSING OF ONE´S OWN LIFE |
| title_short | EUTHANASIA, AUTONOMY AND THE FREE DISPOSING OF ONE´S OWN LIFE |
| title_sort | euthanasia autonomy and the free disposing of one´s own life |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/7314 |
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