Eutanasia e stato di necessita
Euthanasia and the state of higher necessity

Summary/Abstract: The euthanasia is a quite old phenomenon. This phenomenon could be met in the ancient cultures of the ancient world. Today, the euthanasia has been legalized in many European countries and also among others in Canada. In addition, the moral assessment of euthanasia changed, what raises far-reaching doctrinal, political and social divisions. The euthanasia itself is not a unequivocal phenomenon because in practice it is difficult to distinguish and evaluate many phenomena similar to euthanasia. This makes that the legal solutions resonate many doubts and even denial. Together with the development of medicine, it becomes possible to define the biological barriers of life and death. The study is to present different recently conducted disputes on the phenomenon of euthanasia.

• Details
• Contents