Euthanasie et autonomie

The recent parliamentary debate in Belgium, which led to the law under which euthanasia is no longer punishable, was remarkable in that both the protagonists and the opponents of the bill in turn appealed to modern humanism and the ideal of the autonomy of the person. Contrary to those who consider that any reticence in regard to this law can only be justified by religious and pre-modern motives, we wish to show in this article how our conception of autonomy,which is of Kantian inspiration, invites us to prefer justification of the practice of euthanasia - by means of the concept of a state of necessity - rather than depenalization

Epistemology · Ethnology · Humanities · Ideal (ethics) · Proposition · Sociology · Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning · Health, Medicine and Society · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Philosophy