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Suicide, euthanasia and the duty to die: A Kantian approach to euthanasia

Samoubistvo, eutanazija i dužnost da se umre: kantovski pristup eutanaziji

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The paper addresses the issues of euthanasia and thoroughly analyses Kantian response to the practice in question. In reference to Kant’s views on many related issues, such as murder, suicide, autonomy, rationality, honor and the value of human life, the main goal of this paper is to offer an explanation for one probable Kantian view on euthanasia in general, as well as an explanation for a specific form of euthanasia with regard to those patients suffering from dementia. The author’s arguments, according to which Kant could even argue that those persons who have begun suffering from dementia have a duty to die, have all been given special importance in this paper. The question is could and should this specific moral ever be allowed to become universal when considering the patients’ willingness to commit suicide once they start suffering from dementia or perhaps once they start experiencing a loss of rationality? Should suicide even become a patient’s duty? Furthermore, if a patient sh...ows absolutely no intention or willingness of taking her/his own life, ‘should’ the doctor perform a non-voluntary euthanasia over the patient? This paper analyses the author’s arguments which are actually in favor of aforementioned questions, and aims to examine the plausibility of the act as well as to criticize it. The issue of euthanasia is very important, because the key question is what in fact constitutes the fundamental value of human life, which lies at the heart of this problem.

U radu se obrađuju pitanja eutanazije i detaljno se analizira kantovski odgovor na dotičnu praksu. U vezi s Kantovim stajalištima o mnogim srodnim pitanjima, kao što su ubistvo, samoubistvo, autonomija, racionalnost, čast i vrednost ljudskog života, glavni cilj ovoga rada jeste da se pruži objašnjenje za jedan uopšteno mogući kantovski pogled na eutanaziju, kao i objašnjenje za jedan određeni oblik eutanazije s obzirom na one pacijente koji pate od demencije. Argumenti autora, prema kojima je Kant čak mogao da tvrdi da su osobe koje su počele patiti od demencije imale dužnost da umru, u ovom radu su bili od posebne važnosti. Pitanje je da li bi se moglo i trebalo ikada dozvoliti da ovaj specifični moral postane univerzalan kada se razmatra želja pacijenata da počini samoubistvo, kada počnu patiti od demencije ili možda jednom kada počnu doživljavati gubitak racionalnosti? Da li bi samoubistvo trebalo čak da postane pacijentova dužnost? Nadalje, ako pacijent ne pokazuje apsolu...tno nikakvu nameru ili spremnost da oduzme sebi život, „treba li“ doktor obaviti nedobrovoljnu eutanaziju nad pacijentom? Ovaj rad analizira argumente autora koji zapravo podržavaju navedena pitanja i ima za cilj ispitivanje verodostojnosti tog čina kao i njegovo kritikovanje. Problem eutanazije je vrlo važan, jer je ključno pitanje šta u stvari konstituiše temeljnu vrednost ljudskog života, koja leži u srcu ovog problema,idrugihformičovekovogpravanaživot.

Keywords:
Kan, Imanuelt / Kant, Imanuel / euthanasia / rationality / honor / dignity / autonomy / dementia / eutanazija / racionalnost / čast / dostojanstvo / autonomija / demencija
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Filozofija i društvo/Philosophy and Society, 2018, 29, 1, 88-114
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  • Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju

DOI: 10.2298/FID1801088B

ISSN: 0353-5738

WoS: 000428558500007

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AB  - U radu se obrađuju pitanja eutanazije i detaljno se analizira kantovski odgovor na dotičnu
praksu. U vezi s Kantovim stajalištima o mnogim srodnim pitanjima, kao što su ubistvo, samoubistvo,
autonomija, racionalnost, čast i vrednost ljudskog života, glavni cilj ovoga rada
jeste da se pruži objašnjenje za jedan uopšteno mogući kantovski pogled na eutanaziju, kao
i objašnjenje za jedan određeni oblik eutanazije s obzirom na one pacijente koji pate od demencije.
Argumenti autora, prema kojima je Kant čak mogao da tvrdi da su osobe koje su
počele patiti od demencije imale dužnost da umru, u ovom radu su bili od posebne važnosti.
Pitanje je da li bi se moglo i trebalo ikada dozvoliti da ovaj specifični moral postane univerzalan
kada se razmatra želja pacijenata da počini samoubistvo, kada počnu patiti od demencije
ili možda jednom kada počnu doživljavati gubitak racionalnosti? Da li bi samoubistvo
trebalo čak da postane pacijentova dužnost? Nadalje, ako pacijent ne pokazuje apsolutno
nikakvu nameru ili spremnost da oduzme sebi život, „treba li“ doktor obaviti nedobrovoljnu
eutanaziju nad pacijentom? Ovaj rad analizira argumente autora koji zapravo podržavaju navedena
pitanja i ima za cilj ispitivanje verodostojnosti tog čina kao i njegovo kritikovanje.
Problem eutanazije je vrlo važan, jer je ključno pitanje šta u stvari konstituiše temeljnu vrednost
ljudskog života, koja leži u srcu ovog problema,idrugihformičovekovogpravanaživot.
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autonomija, racionalnost, čast i vrednost ljudskog života, glavni cilj ovoga rada
jeste da se pruži objašnjenje za jedan uopšteno mogući kantovski pogled na eutanaziju, kao
i objašnjenje za jedan određeni oblik eutanazije s obzirom na one pacijente koji pate od demencije.
Argumenti autora, prema kojima je Kant čak mogao da tvrdi da su osobe koje su
počele patiti od demencije imale dužnost da umru, u ovom radu su bili od posebne važnosti.
Pitanje je da li bi se moglo i trebalo ikada dozvoliti da ovaj specifični moral postane univerzalan
kada se razmatra želja pacijenata da počini samoubistvo, kada počnu patiti od demencije
ili možda jednom kada počnu doživljavati gubitak racionalnosti? Da li bi samoubistvo
trebalo čak da postane pacijentova dužnost? Nadalje, ako pacijent ne pokazuje apsolutno
nikakvu nameru ili spremnost da oduzme sebi život, „treba li“ doktor obaviti nedobrovoljnu
eutanaziju nad pacijentom? Ovaj rad analizira argumente autora koji zapravo podržavaju navedena
pitanja i ima za cilj ispitivanje verodostojnosti tog čina kao i njegovo kritikovanje.
Problem eutanazije je vrlo važan, jer je ključno pitanje šta u stvari konstituiše temeljnu vrednost
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Budić, M.. (2018). Suicide, euthanasia and the duty to die: A Kantian approach to euthanasia. in Filozofija i društvo/Philosophy and Society
Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju., 29(1), 88-114.
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1801088B
Budić M. Suicide, euthanasia and the duty to die: A Kantian approach to euthanasia. in Filozofija i društvo/Philosophy and Society. 2018;29(1):88-114.
doi:10.2298/FID1801088B .
Budić, Marina, "Suicide, euthanasia and the duty to die: A Kantian approach to euthanasia" in Filozofija i društvo/Philosophy and Society, 29, no. 1 (2018):88-114,
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1801088B . .

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