在终极社会中死去:对Maung的回应
1Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, Essex, UK harry.hudson3@nhs.net.
Journal of medical ethics
|December 22, 2023
概括
对精神疾病的协助死亡是一个务实的政治问题,而不是哲学问题. 无论社会不平等,解决立即的痛苦对于确定辅助死亡的允许性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 医学哲学 医学哲学
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 心理健康政策 心理健康政策
背景情况:
- 对心理障碍的外部主义观点表明,社会正义影响了辅助死亡.
- 关于心理健康状况的协助死亡的哲学基础存在争论.
研究的目的:
- 为了反驳社会正义是协助死亡允许精神障碍的先决条件的论点.
- 将对精神疾病协助死亡的辩论重新定义为务实的政治问题.
主要方法:
- 哲学论证的论证方式
- 伦理分析 伦理分析
- 政策批评 政策批评
主要成果:
- 减少社会不平等与困境中的个人协助死亡的允许性没有直接关系.
- 对于那些经历精神困扰的人来说,立即需要解决方案至关重要.
结论:
- 心理障碍的辅助死亡应该被视为一个务实的政治问题.
- 模糊的哲学辩论不应该阻碍因精神痛苦而寻求终身选择的个人找到切实可行的解决方案.
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