Citation

Jandrok T. Etudes sur la Mort 2017; 150(2): 93-111.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017)

DOI

10.3917/eslm.150.0093

PMID

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Abstract

Nowadays, assisted suicide seems to be a cause on which legislation is needed. It even seems to be a question of some urgency. What are the mysteries lurking behind this societal question ? Is it a question of the singularity of a desire, a call for greater intimacy with death, a quest for love, friendship and/or responsibility ? Positive words such as helping, lending assistance, benevolence or battling against suffering at the end of life come together to frame an ideology of what makes a 'good death'. The postmodern vulgate both bureaucratises and vulgarises the nature of our relationships by promoting their absence as facts of life. What means can we therefore find of reflecting on and coming to understand the request for assisted suicide, while also assuming its logical consequences ?. © L'Esprit du temps.

Language: fr

Keywords

Friendship; Good death; Responsibility; Subjectivity; Suicide