THE MAXIM OF SUICIDE: ONE ANGLE ON BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES and HUMANITIES 1 (3) (2012)
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.
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