谈人的死亡权利——兼谈绝症死刑犯的司法成本

人的生死权利是一种天然权利。房县对绝症死刑犯的“人文关怀”,未必然就是犯人乐意接受的。在与今国情下,对多数人而言,他们会认为这在司法作秀,从而对司法的诚实公正产生怀疑。其价值观的分歧,类似于对安乐死的态度。法律对当事人的处罚,本质上是非“人性化”的,法律应首先关注社会大众的人权状况,涉案当事人的人权只是其中的一小部分,他们的人权保障不应超越现实生活中的大多数人。当然,对绝症死刑犯安乐死,却是一个能带动多数人人权的例外。

创造·完整·健康:生命伦理学释义

生命伦理学是对生命世界中的人类生命予以生态整体的伦理拷问的学问。创造、完整、健康,构成了生命伦理学构建的目标蓝图,即它应以生命的亲生命本性为自然基石,唤醒人的生命主体性,激活人人平等的天赋生命知情权和生命生死权,引导人以生命的自身之力而勇往直前、义无反顾地追求生命创造,实现生命存在的完整和生存健康。

The Right to Life, Voluntary Euthanasia, and Termination of Life on Request

In this article, the logical implications of a right to life are examined. It is first argued that the prohibition of Termination of life on request confers an inalienable right to life. A fight is inalienable if it cannot legitimately be waived or transferred. Since voluntary euthanasia entails waiver of the right to life, the inalienability yields that it cannot be justified. Therefore, any ethical position that is in favor of voluntary euthanasia has to argue that the right to life is an inalienable right and accept the conclusion that killing on request is justified.