Libertà costituzionale di porre fine alla propria vita e resistenza al suo riconoscimento
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Libertà costituzionale di porre fine alla propria vita e resistenza al suo riconoscimentoAuthor(s)
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2009Citation
Anuario da Facultade de Dereito da Universidade da Coruña, 2009, 13: 283-299. ISSN: 1138-039X
Abstract
[Abstract] The author asserts the right of renouncing one’s life by choice. This option is not
an unconditional right, but, according to the mainstream , has to be granted only when
a person’s existence has become extremely painful and devoid of an acceptable degree
of quality of life. This right is the logical consequence of the principles of liberal-demo-
cratic constitutionalism, and therefore of individual self-determination about the choi-
ces of life. The enforcement of the principle of self-determination as to the renunciation
of life has been delayed both in legislation and jurisprudence of many liberal-democra-
tic countries by three main factors: the power of confessional lobbies, the influence of
bioethics contrary to the constitutional conception of the liberty to renounce one’s life,
the emotional tendency to reject suicide and homicide by consent without considering
the reasons that might justify them.
Keywords
Costituzionalismo liberaldemocratico
Autodeterminazione
Diritto di morire
Rifiuto di morte anticipata
Liberal-democratic constituionalims
Self-determination
Right to die
Rejection of before-time death
Autodeterminazione
Diritto di morire
Rifiuto di morte anticipata
Liberal-democratic constituionalims
Self-determination
Right to die
Rejection of before-time death
ISSN
1138-039X