论“安乐死”的可行性

On the Possibility of Euthanasia

“安乐死”一直是备受法学界、医学界、宗教界等关注的世界性问题。对于“安乐死”,有赞成和反对两种截然不同的观点。各国的法律也对“安乐死”采取不同的态度,有的法律上允许“安乐死”,有的在法律上把安乐死当成是故意谋杀罪。本文主要是从法律角度来说明“安乐死”在法律上不应该是一种犯罪,它对社会、个人具有积极的意义,以及“安乐死”的社会基础来分析“安乐死”具有可行性,同时也探索了“安乐死”的立法问题。

The mercy killing has been the world problem which enjoys concern of law educational circles, medical science field,and religious boundary etc. There are two entirely different viewpoints about euthanasia: approve and opposing. The law of all countries also adopts different attitudes on the mercy killing. Some permit euthanasia while others regard it as the murder offense intentionally on the law. This article mainly showed that the euthanasia should not be one kind of crime in the law from the legal angle. It has the positive significance personally as well as to the society. The text also analyzes the euthanasia from the social foundation to show its feasibility, and simultaneously has explored the lawmaking problem of mercy killing.