EUTHANASIA AS PART OF THE RIGHT TO LIFE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.2162212220102

• Palavras-chave: Euthanasia; Dignified Death; Right to life.

• Keywords: Euthanasia; Dignified Death; Right to life.

• Abstract:

  This article aims to investigate the possibility of legalizing the practice of euthanasia, from the perspective that a dignified death is part of the very right to life. Without forgetting, however, to make conceptual and general considerations about euthanasia, analyze Brazilian legislation, the arguments for and against the practice of euthanasia in Brazil, in addition to conducting a study on the practice of euthanasia in Colombia. In addition, it is an exploratory and explanatory research carried out through a bibliographic review, using the hypothetical-deductive scientific method and revealing itself, in the field of results, in qualitative research, as it will lend itself to increasing knowledge., by the researcher and the reader on the topic addressed. Finally, the article is justified in view of the gaps in the law in relation to the practice of active euthanasia and the possibility of inserting, in the Brazilian legal system, a law that regularizes the subject, considering the perspective of personality rights, especially considering that in Brazil, orthothanasia (passive euthanasia) is already accepted, based on Administrative Resolution No. 1805/06 of the Federal Council of Medicine.