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Determinants of attitudes towards euthanasia and its perceived morality
Cvrkalová, Eliška ; Vranka, Marek (advisor) ; Štětovská, Iva (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on attitudes towards euthanasia and summarizes the influential factors for its evaluation. It is crucial to understand these predictors in the context of the ongoing public debate on its legalization. The content of the theoretical part is a brief definition of used terms, an overview of some countries with legislation allowing assisted dying and its alternatives. There is a part devoted to methodological aspects of research and consistency of attitudes. The empirical part presents a research that is focused on the impact of individual factors on the level of acceptability of euthanasia in hypothetical cases. The factors examined were mainly type of disease, type and degree of suffering, type of euthanasia, person performing euthanasia, age of the patient, prognosis of their disease, respondent's country of origin and respondent's personality characteristics. Demographic correlates were monitored and respondents answered additional questions about the cases. The results show a significant difference in evaluation between the type of euthanasia and the person involved in the process. It also depended on patient's age and life expectancy. Moral evaluation also varied significantly in comparison of the country of origin, political orientation, and respondent's religiosity....
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Attitudes towards euthanasia
Cvrkalová, Eliška ; Vranka, Marek (advisor) ; Cerha, Ondřej (referee)
Euthanasia and assisted dying in general are current social issues. In the literary review, this thesis summarizes the arguments for and against assisted dying and socio-demographic, personality and situational factors influencing people's attitudes to this topic. As a part of the research project, it outlines a study that aims to deepen understanding of the determinants of acceptance or non-acceptance of euthanasia and its evaluation. It also suggests the possibility of future research. Keywords Euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, sociodemographic indicators, personality factors, situational factors
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