Active euthanasia and assisted suicide: A human right?

Ideological background of the discussion and its Christian-ethical evaluation

  • Ulrich Eibach
Keywords: Euthanasia, ideological background

Abstract

The article – an abridged version of a longer one – shows pro and contra of euthanasia and its ideological and theological background.

Author Biography

Ulrich Eibach

pastor, Prof. Dr. theol., state examination in philosophy and biology, Krannkenhaus chaplain at the University Hospital Bonn; member of the Academy for Ethics and Medicine, Göttingen; Chairman of the Bioethics Council of the Protestant Church in Rhineland. Publications: Euthanasia and killing out of compassion; euthanasia and life worth living, Brockhaus 1998: Human dignity at the frontier of life - introduction to questions of bioethics from a Christian perspective Neukirchener 2000.

Published
2005-08-03
Issue
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2005): Issue 2/2005
Section
Artikel