Euthanasia as a way of experiencing a good death
Date
2018
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Tartu Ülikool
Abstract
The thesis shows that euthanasia (voluntary euthanasia in particular) can be a
way to have a good dying experience before an impending death befalls terminally ill
people experiencing unbearable suffering. It also strives to present the notion of a good
death, which constitutes the needs and wants that people most often aim to satisfy at the
end of their life in order to have a good dying experience. This thesis reveals that the
notion of a good death can be summarized in a broader sense as a ‘managed’ death and
voluntary euthanasia, which allows to control one’s dying experience, have a common
overlapping element (the control of one’s dying experience) that unifies the notion of a
good death and voluntary euthanasia.
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euthanasia, death, practical philosophy