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0292/2006 - BIOETHICS OF PROTECTION AND THE LAIC COMPASSION: THE MORAL DEBATE ON EUTHANASIA
A BIOÉTICA DA PROTEÇÃO E A COMPAIXÃO LAICA: O DEBATE MORAL SOBRE A EUTANÁSIA

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• Rodrigo Siqueira Batista - Rodrigo Siqueira Batista - Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro - DCS/ENSP/FIOCRUZ - <rsiqueirabatista@yahoo.com.br>

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Abstract:

The bioethical debate on euthanasia (“good death”) has been classically polarized between the principles of sacredness of life – the argumentation against – and the quality of life, represented by the vicarious principle of respect for autonomy – the argumentation pro. In both cases the question is built around the pertinence and moral legitimacy – or not – of the individual possibility to decide about the termination of one’s own existence, demanding for oneself a good death. Undoubtedly, euthanasia always implies besides the self, the other, who will either carry out the action – or hold to non–action – culminating in the abbreviation of life. To propose a discussion about this last referred issue, based on the bioethics of protection theoretical references and the concept of laic compassion is the scope of the present essay.

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Rodrigo Siqueira Batista. BIOETHICS OF PROTECTION AND THE LAIC COMPASSION: THE MORAL DEBATE ON EUTHANASIA. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2008/Nov). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/bioethics-of-protection-and-the-laic-compassion-the-moral-debate-on-euthanasia/3078



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