Dobry moment na zakończenie
Good time to finish

Author(s): Piotr Nowak
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: suicide; euthanasia; dignity
Summary/Abstract: With life it is so – little do we remember it, and yet we always regret when we have to leave it. According to Plato, suicide is not a solution as we reject the very gift of existence, which must not be lost. What is more, after his death, a suicide almost immediately begins a new life. Jean Amèry, close in his views to existentialism, looks at this issue differently and advocates the right to voluntary death and the recognition of each failure as its justification. This stance is part of the proper discourse on suicide and euthanasia, which Henryk Elzenberg wrote about in this context. His arguments lead to the conclusion that both suicide and euthanasia are the broadest confirmation of human dignity, which consists in freeing oneself from a biological survival instinct. However, it should be recalled that no one should be encouraged to euthanasia and even more so, argue for its adoption.

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