The negative approach to dignity and the expression "death with dignity"

Authors

  • Rodolfo Vázquez Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2017.40.19159

Keywords:

dignity, restricted utilitarianism, personal autonomy, death with dignity, best interest, liberalism of fear, substituted judgement

Abstract

The negative approach can be justified as an alternative to Skeptical and metaphysical conceptions of dignity. This approach conceives dignity as a boundary of what is morally admissible and it’s essentially negative content consists in not being treated in a cruel, inhuman, discriminative degrading or humiliating way. From that starting point, we proceed to study the expression “death with dignity” in the borderline cases when it´s impossible to appeal to the principle of personal autonomy.

Author Biography

Rodolfo Vázquez, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Departamento Académico de Derecho, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

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Published

2017-05-31

How to Cite

Vázquez, R. (2017). The negative approach to dignity and the expression "death with dignity". Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (40), 23–31. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2017.40.19159

Issue

2017: Núm. 40 - jul - Dossier XIII IAB World Congress

Section

Dossier Monograph XIII IAB World Congress

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