@article{ref1,
title="The denial of meaning in life. Why assisted suicide concerns us all",
journal="Ethik in der Medizin",
year="2021",
author="Kipke, R.",
volume="33",
number="4",
pages="521-538",
abstract="Definition of the problem: The ethical debate about assisted suicide remains controversial and is also based in part on assumptions that are taken for granted, but which, on closer inspection, lack justification. Arguments: The article develops a new approach by focusing on the social dimension of the denial of meaning in life, which is often expressed by suicides. For a fundamental social connection is included in the human orientation towards the goal of a meaningful life, namely an implicit appreciation of human beings as potential sources of meaning and as subjects of judgments about the meaningfulness. Suicides tend to negate this connection. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This view of suicide can, among other things, help to adquately understand the meaning of (assisted) suicide and justify the widely shared assumptions of a primacy of suicide prevention and a conscientious objection right of doctors. © 2021, The Author(s).<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0935-7335",
doi="10.1007/s00481-021-00654-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00481-021-00654-x"
}