La diferencia entre 'matar' y 'dejar morir' y su repercusión en el debate contemporáneo sobre la eutanasia
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En la actualidad se defiende con mucha frecuencia la llamada humanización de la muerte" como alternativa frente al vitalismo médico y ante cualquier defensa de la eutanasia voluntaria activa. Esta postura se justifica asumiendo una diferencia moral significativa entre "hacer algo" y "dejar que algo ocurra", entre "matar" y "dejar morir". En la presente comunicación presentaré un esbozo de los fundamentos sobre los que descansa tal distinción a la vez que cuestionaré su relevancia moral cuando se aplica a situaciones eutanásicas complejas.
Today, so-called "humanisation of death" is frequently defended as an alternative to medical vitalism and to any defence of active voluntary euthanasia. This position is justified by the assumption of a difference between "doing something" and "allowing something to happen", or between"killing" and "letting someone die". This paper presents an outline of the foundations on which this distinction lies, and questions its moral relevance when applied to complex situations of euthanasia.
Today, so-called "humanisation of death" is frequently defended as an alternative to medical vitalism and to any defence of active voluntary euthanasia. This position is justified by the assumption of a difference between "doing something" and "allowing something to happen", or between"killing" and "letting someone die". This paper presents an outline of the foundations on which this distinction lies, and questions its moral relevance when applied to complex situations of euthanasia.
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Pérez Sánchez, E. (2012). La diferencia entre ’matar’ y ’dejar morir’ y su repercusión en el debate contemporáneo sobre la eutanasia. RECERCA. Revista De Pensament I Anàlisi, (4), 125–136. Retrieved from https://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/recerca/article/view/258
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