<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents different approaches to the relationship of life and death among selected authors as a review of their articles within the last volume of the Ethics &amp; Bioethics (in Central Europe) journal. The resource of the review is an article by Peter Singer <italic>The challenge of brain death for the sanctity of life ethics.</italic> Firstly, I try to analyze the issue when death occurs and when we can talk about death as a phenomenon that each and every living human being must come to terms within the course of their lives. Ethics of social consequences is used to analyze different approaches and states a conclusion defending the principles of humanity and human dignity within the scope of this ethical theory applied to various problem cases. I strive to support the question of the quality of life through the paternalistic approach of physicians influenced by their humane and dignified understanding of their relationship towards the patients. Ethics of social consequences offers many solutions to the discussed issues throughout the reviewed articles.</p></abstract>

The paper presents different approaches to the relationship of life and death among selected authors as a review of their articles within the last volume of the Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) journal. The resource of the review is an article by Peter Singer The challenge of brain death for the sanctity of life ethics. Firstly, I try to analyze the issue when death occurs and when we can talk about death as a phenomenon that each and every living human being must come to terms within the course of their lives. Ethics of social consequences is used to analyze different approaches and states a conclusion defending the principles of humanity and human dignity within the scope of this ethical theory applied to various problem cases. I strive to support the question of the quality of life through the paternalistic approach of physicians influenced by their humane and dignified understanding of their relationship towards the patients. Ethics of social consequences offers many solutions to the discussed issues throughout the reviewed articles.

Different approaches to the relationship of life &amp; death (review of articles)

Ethics & Bioethics

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Different approaches to the relationship of life & death (review of articles)

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The paper presents different approaches to the relationship of life and death among selected authors as a review of their articles within the last volume of...

Different approaches to the relationship of life & death (review of articles)

Published Online: Jun 13, 2019

Page range: 87 - 97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2019-0008

Keywords
death, humanity, dignity, ethics of social consequences, quality of life

© 2019 Martin Gluchman, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Different approaches to the relationship of life & death (review of articles)

Published Online: Jun 13, 2019

Page range: 87 - 97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2019-0008

Keywordsdeath, humanity, dignity, ethics of social consequences, quality of life

© 2019 Martin Gluchman, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
death, humanity, dignity, ethics of social consequences, quality of life