This writing refers to self-determination as a fashionable category now circulating about the decision regarding life and death in case of diseases in terminal stage. The main question is who has the responsibility, when a person is no more able to do it by him- or her- self, to decide between life and death. On this point the author argues that no one has a power like this but a judge weighing previous attitudes and values of the person as well as the present situation in which he or she could keep living or die. At the same time, also from a constitutional point of view, which indicates the moral values enshrined in each legal order, the author refuses the idea that self-determination can be the only perspective from which all the question can be oriented.

Castronovo, C., Autodeterminazione e diritto privato, <<EUROPA E DIRITTO PRIVATO>>, 2010; (4): 1037-1071 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/20675]

Autodeterminazione e diritto privato

Castronovo, Carlo
2010

Abstract

This writing refers to self-determination as a fashionable category now circulating about the decision regarding life and death in case of diseases in terminal stage. The main question is who has the responsibility, when a person is no more able to do it by him- or her- self, to decide between life and death. On this point the author argues that no one has a power like this but a judge weighing previous attitudes and values of the person as well as the present situation in which he or she could keep living or die. At the same time, also from a constitutional point of view, which indicates the moral values enshrined in each legal order, the author refuses the idea that self-determination can be the only perspective from which all the question can be oriented.
2010
Italiano
Castronovo, C., Autodeterminazione e diritto privato, <<EUROPA E DIRITTO PRIVATO>>, 2010; (4): 1037-1071 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/20675]
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/10807/20675
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact