安乐死的宪法学思考

安乐死是困扰人类的一个道德和法律难题,是一个多学科研究的问题。从宪法学的角度来看,安乐死主要涉及到:病人的生命权与人性尊严的竞合、病人是否具有死亡权或者能否放弃自己所享有的基本权利、病人的个人自决权与国家对基本权利的保护义务及其冲突三个问题。如果解决宪法学上的这三个问题,将为其他学科具体构建安乐死制度提供理论上的论证资源。

A Constitutional Study on Euthanasia

Euthanasia is a difficult moral and legal problem that humans are facing with. It is a multi-domain problem. From the perspective of constitution, euthanasia leads to three problems: firstly, patient's right of life crosses with his right of human dignity; secondly, whether there is a right for patient to die or to abandon his fundamental rights; thirdly, patient's right to self-determination stands against state's duty to protect people's fundamental rights. Answers to these three problems will provide theoretic support for other domains to establish the institution of euthanasia.