词语的力量:重新命名安乐死和破坏生命的神圣性
Jay J Oh1,2,3,4
1Spiritual Care Services, NYU Langone Health, Mineola, NY, USA.
The Linacre quarterly
|July 18, 2025
概括
像"有尊严的死亡"这样的委语使安乐死成为正常,将注意力从道德问题转移. 这项研究倡导明确的语言和政策变化,以保护人类尊严和弱势群体.
科学领域:
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
- 语言的哲学语言的哲学
背景情况:
- 在历史上,安乐死和医生协助自杀 (PAS) 在西方医学中面临着道德谴责.
- 语言重构,使用诸如"有尊严的死亡"等术语,改变了对安乐死的看法.
- 这些委语将安乐死与同情和自主性联系起来,可能会掩盖人类尊严的伦理考虑.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地研究语言转变如何影响安乐死的规范化和法律接受.
- 在安乐死的背景下评估世俗伦理论证 (后果主义,自主) 的局限性.
- 为导航安乐死辩论提出基于天主教道德神学和美德伦理的伦理框架.
主要方法:
- 对安乐死话语中使用的语言策略进行批判性分析.
- 审查允许安乐死的国家的法律趋势和资格标准.
- 与后果主义和基于自治的伦理理论的哲学参与.
- 应用来自天主教道德神学和美德伦理学的原则.
主要成果:
- 蓄意的语言重构促进了安乐死的正常化和更广泛的接受.
- 世俗的伦理论点往往忽略了诸如道德意向和生命的内在价值等关键方面.
- 轻描淡写的语言可能会掩盖对人类尊严的深刻道德影响.
结论:
- 在围绕安乐死的讨论中,准确和透明的语言对于伦理清晰至关重要.
- 政策建议包括扩大息护理,良心保护,公众教育和对弱势个体的保障.
- 肯定人类生命固有的尊严需要采取积极的措施,反对委的正常化.
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