Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Addressing the question in the form of Kant’s maxim, this paper moves on to a more controversial topic in biomedical ethics, physician-assisted suicide. However, my conclusion is tentative, and what is worse, negative: I partially approve suicide. It does not imply a moral hazard. The situation is opposite: in the present times, terminal patients seriously wish it. I, as an author, put an emphasis on this very respect. Now suicide is, for certain circles, nothing but justice. The arguments of thinkers who approve suicide are also cited from this angle.
Author: Yusuke Kaneko
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2147656172