Euthanasia and the Right to Life. A Philosophical Dispute on the Scope of Validity of the Norm “You Shall Not Kill” Cover Image

Eutanazja a prawo do życia. Filozoficzny spór o zakres obowiązywania normy „nie zabijaj”
Euthanasia and the Right to Life. A Philosophical Dispute on the Scope of Validity of the Norm “You Shall Not Kill”

Author(s): Daniel Bubula
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: euthanasia; right to die; passive euthanasia; active euthanasia;

Summary/Abstract: This article bears a polemical character. Apart from the arguments for euthanasia, the reader will have an opportunity to get acquainted also with the arguments against considering euthanasia as morally justified. The ethical debate on the problem euthanasia should exhibit characteristics of a controversy over arguments. However, rejection of euthanasia does not mean undertaking all the possible efforts that aim at prolonging human life. There are situations in which a doctor must take a dramatic decision not to start a therapy or decision to abandon it, limiting his intervention to alleviating the patient’s pain.

  • Issue Year: 32/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 17-31
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish