Le questioni di "fine vita" alla luce dell'umana attesa di compimento
Published: October 30, 2015
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Dottore di ricerca in Bioetica e Assegnista di ricerca in Diritto Privato, Università degli Studi "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.
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In the field of bioethics, the "end of life" issues are currently motive of an inflamed debate. In fact, many schools of thought have arisen in consideration of legitimization of behaviors destined to anticipate or postpone the death of individuals in relation to their natural end. This debate has focused primarily on issues related to the quality of life, the dignity in dying and the prevalence of the right to self-determination of the individual or principle of the unwillingness of life. The purpose of this study is to examine the problem in a different light. In fact, we want to examine the "end of life" issues in the light of the sense of waiting innate to the human condition in order to identify the most reasonable solution. Now then, since the human condition is intrinsically characterized by a waiting of infinity, the human being is continually called to make a choice. In fact, every human being can ignore this desire or give partial answers to it, withdrawing into oneself, or it can be open to infinity. This choice has important consequences on the way to see and live the circumstances of life. In fact, in the first case, nothing seems to really satisfy the desire and waiting of individuals, and, therefore, in every circumstance prevails in the long run lament, sadness and anxiety. In the second case, instead, every circumstance makes sense because, though it may be negative or trifling, it's the way of the Mystery to call the individuals to Himself so as to not drop them in the nothingness and, ultimately, so as to generate gladness. Therefore, it seems more reasonable and humane the opening to Mystery and, consequently, where treatments are really effective and there are concrete and objective chances of survival, it does not seem shareable the requests of legitimization of all those behaviors destined to anticipate the death of individuals in relation to their natural end, such as euthanasia, assisted suicide and withholding or withdrawing of proportionate life-sustaining treatments.
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