ÚSKALIA EUTÉLIE. K PRÁCI L. BITÓA KNIHA O DOBREJ SMRTI. EUTÉLIA – EUTANÁZIA

• Authors: Smreková Dagmar

Title variants

EN

Stumbling blocks of euthelia. On L. Bito's ' Book on good death. Euthelia - Euthanasia'

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The contribution deals with L. Bito's concept of 'euthelia', which was suggested by him as a counterpart to 'euthanasia'. 'Euthelia', contrary to 'euthanasia', puts stress on good, meaningful end of life, free of death fear and anxiety. The originality of Bito's approach is in his trying to see the reflections on good death in the context of the reflections on good life. However, the authoress rejects to include optics of Bito's economical calculus concerning duties into these reflections. In her view the principles of human solidarity and human dignity make it impossible to prefer the concern for the offspring to the concern for the dying person. She argues that it is important to make the concept of the quality of life wide enough to encompass not only healthy and effective persons, but also those in terminal stages of their lives.

Keywords

EN

BITO L.; EUTHANASIA; EUTHELIA; GOOD DEATH; HUMAN DIGNITY; QUALITY OF LIFE

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 798-803
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Smreková Dagmar

• D. Smrekova, Filozoficky ústav SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA053515