机构:
Univ Birmingham, Dept Primary Care & Gen Practice, Ctr Biomed Eth, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, EnglandUniv Birmingham, Dept Primary Care & Gen Practice, Ctr Biomed Eth, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
Ives, Jonathan
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机构:
[1] Univ Birmingham, Dept Primary Care & Gen Practice, Ctr Biomed Eth, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
life;
death;
voluntary euthanasia;
thought experiment;
disease;
D O I:
10.1007/s10728-007-0059-3
中图分类号:
B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
学科分类号:
摘要:
In this short, rhetorical article, I offer a thought experiment that seeks to make an analogy between 'life' and 'disease'. This article was written whilst under the influence of Nietzsche, and I hope that readers will not mistake the polemical style and the occasional nod towards humour for flippancy. This is a serious subject, and this article attempts to ask, inexplicitly, a serious question. If we do suspend our subjective value judgements about life, and strip away what might be considered the 'dogma' of value in life, what effect might this have on our feelings towards voluntary euthanasia, and what can our reaction to that thought experiment tell us?