Open AccessEuthanasia: The conceptualization of the problem and important distinctions
Author(s) -
Milijana Djeric
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid1302255d
Subject(s) - conceptualization , ambiguity , meaning (existential) , epistemology , shadow (psychology) , term (time) , sociology , psychology , computer science , psychoanalysis , philosophy , artificial intelligence , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this work is twofold. On the one hand, the intention is to provide analysis of the issue of euthanasia. On the other hand, this approach necessarily leads to a discussion toward the provision of an adequate definition of euthanasia. Therefore the article, first of all, refers to the multilayered aspect of the term euthanasia. To avoid ambiguity and other uncertainties while providing the definition of euthanasia, the authors carefully perform a conceptual analysis. This leads to the establishment of a clear distinction between actions which, due to their motives or their method of execution, cast a shadow on the meaning of this medical procedure. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 179041: Dinamički sistemi u prirodi i društvu: filozofski i empirijski aspekti