Is euthanasia a solution to freedom or right to life?

Authors

Barbara Azevedo Herculano
Cleber Santos Silva
Igor Guimarães Araújo

Keywords:

Euthanasia, Dignity, Autonomy of Will, Right to life, Right to a dignified death

Synopsis

The subject presented is of great relevance for the Brazilian legal system, since it is currently a highly controversial subject that raises several ethical questions, which affect not only the doctor/patient relationship, managing to strongly affect the family and the relationships that surround the individual. The divergences related to the theme are the question of the limit of life, if the subject could decide for himself how long it is worth living? Thus, the problem in relation to comparative legislation between countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are legal and favorable to Euthanasia, and for which others such as Brazil, Italy and France are radically opposed to such a practice. For Dias (2012), life should not be, life goes beyond one's own right, this right being divided into three components, which considers as parts the subject of the right, those responsible for the obligation and the object of the right, life itself , that for the author the inviolability of the right to life should not be an unconditional and irrevocable right, given that the availability of life affects only and only the individual himself, being responsible for his ability and discernment to decide whether the life he is living is in fact worthy or not. The research is based on reading studies of articles, theses, books by scholars, monographs, the Federal Constitution and jurisprudence.

References

HERCULANO, Barbara Azevedo; SILVA, Cleber Santos; ARAÚJO, Igor Guimarães. Eutanásia é uma solução a liberdade ou direito a vida? 2022. 21F. Artigo (Graduação em Direito) – Faculdade Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 2022.

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Published

December 12, 2022