scholarly journals Deconstruction of Discernment in Child Euthanasia

Philosophia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elia R.G. Pusterla
Keyword(s):  
Right To Die ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Sanctity Of Life ◽  
Truth Value ◽  
The Right

AbstractBelgian law on child euthanasia uses the concept of discernment to bestow the right to die to minors. Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction of oppositional logic grasps the ambiguity of this use of discernment and generally challenges the alleged force of a textual sign meaningfully to differentiate itself from its different and meaningless else. This alleged ability to discern the presence of discernment impinges the truth-value of the distinction between worthy/unworthy lives. The resulting undecidability morally suggests the respect for otherness and promotes the moral value of the suspension of arbitrary judgment (epokhē) and, in so doing, de facto converges towards the praxis of the doctrine of the sanctity of life that embraces the ‘life is always quality’ argument.

Human Rights, Fact or Fiction?: ‘Human Rights and “the Risk of Freedom”’

1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-81
Author(s):  
John R. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Natural Rights ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Right To Die ◽  
Moral Law ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
The Right ◽  
Subjective Rights

Before the General Assembly of the United Nations Pope John Paul II declared that the quest for freedom points to the existence of ‘natural rights’ that reflect the objective and inviolable demands of a universal moral law. While this assertion was well received by those in attendance, an important question remains: how are we to reconcile this universal vision of human rights with the current plethora of disputable legislated rights? Ernest Fortin claims the problem is rooted in the fact that modern ‘rights talk’ emphasizes individual subjective rights over the objective reality of human nature, and Alasdair Maclntyre even questions the moral value of human rights because they are all too easily manipulated by those who view them as self-evident truths. When you add to these observations the appearance of such controversial individual entitlements as ‘reproductive rights’, ‘sex rights’, ‘the right to same-sex marriage’ and the ‘right to die’, it is not surprising to hear people calling for a silencing of ‘rights talk’.

What Kind of a Right Is the ‘Right to Die’?

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-180
Author(s):  
Constance E. Putnam
Keyword(s):  
Right To Die ◽  
The Right

KONSEP DAN IMPLEMENTASI ETIKA ISLAM DALAM DUNIA BISNIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Fatima Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Business Ethic ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Ethical Dimension ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Business People ◽  
Islamic Business Ethics ◽  
The Right

Indeed, in terms of the whole implementation of life has been arranged in the view of Islamic teachings to regulate all human life including in relation to the implementation of the economy and business. Islam does not allow any person to work haphazardly to achieve his/her goals and desires by justifying any means such as committing fraud, cheating, false vows, usury, and any other vanity deeds. But, Islam has given a boundary or line between the allowable and the unlawful, the right and wrong and the lawful and the unlawful. These limits or dividing lines are known as ethics. Behavior in business or trade is also not escaped from the moral value or business ethics values. Islamic business ethics is of which adheres to the principle of unity, equilibrium principle, freewill principle, responsibility principle, It is important for business people to integrate that ethical dimension into the framework or scope of the business. Keyword: Ethics, Business Ethics, Islamic Business Ethic.

The Right To Die

1992 ◽  
Vol 85 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 2S-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. PATRICK HILL
Keyword(s):  
Right To Die ◽  
The Right

The "Right to Die": A Case Study in American Lawmaking*

1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-74
Author(s):  
Alan Meisel
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Right To Die ◽  
Judicial Process ◽  
Clinical Issue ◽  
The Press ◽  
American Law ◽  
American Legal System ◽  
The Right ◽  
Made In

AbstractIn the 20 years that have passed since the Karen Quinlan case exposed a simmering clinical issue to the light of day — more precisely, to the press and to judicial process — a consensus has developed in American law about how end-of-life decisionmaking should occur. To be sure, there are dissenting voices from this consensus, but they are often (though not always) about minor issues. By illustrating how this consensus has evolved, this paper explores how law is made in the American legal system and the roles that different legal and extra-legal institutions play in lawmaking.

The Right to Die ... The Choice Is Yours

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 711-712
Author(s):  
A. Nevins ◽  
H. R. Moody
Keyword(s):  
Right To Die ◽  
The Right
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