Death, Bioehics and Autonomie

本研究旨在观察和分析法国的相关立法情况，特别是临终关怀和自愿安乐死。合法化的倡导者认为，个人自决和重病患者的福祉证明允许主动安乐死和协助自杀是正当的。反对合法化的人认为，意图、因果关系、作为与不作为的差异，为保留反对主动安乐死和协助自杀的法律规则提供了令人信服的道德依据。反对者还强调了合法化的几个潜在负面后果，即所谓的滑坡问题。在考虑禁止主动安乐死和协助自杀的法律的正当性时，法官制定的法律讨论了抗议生命和防止自杀的国家利益。从我目前的观察来看，他们的说法似乎并不缺乏说服力，他们支持过多的国家对个人自由的控制。

This study aims to observe and analyze the au courant legislative scene, paticulally on End-of-life care and voluntary euthanasia in France. Legalization advocates argue that individual self-determination and the well-being of seriously ill people justify permitting active euthanasia and assisted suicide. Legalization opponents argue that differences in intent, causation, and act versus omission furnish compelling moral grounds for retaining legal rules against active euthanasia and assisted suicide. Opponents also stress several potential negative consequences of legalization i.e. so-called slippery slope problems. In considering the justifications for laws prohibiting active euthanasia and assisted suicide, judge-made laws have discussed national interests in protesting life and preventing suicide. From my observations so far, it does not seem that their accounts are not persuasive and they support too much national control over individual freedom.