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Euthanasia - Yes or No?
ŠIMKOVÁ, Tereza Kateřina
This thesis deals with the question of euthanasia, especially its concept in the book Good death? of Hans Küng. First chapter contains definition of euthanasia. I describe term euthanasia and its forms. Second chapter presents history of euthanasia from ancient times to modern times and also the way how euthanasia is understood today. Third chapter deals with palliative and hospice care. Further are mentioned some arguments for and against legalization of euthanasia. In the last chapter is analysed the book of Hans Küng who consider euthanasia as dignified end of human life.
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Relationship between "Ich" and "Der andere" in Améry's "Hand an sich legen"
Straková, Zuzana ; Kouba, Petr (advisor) ; Švec, Ondřej (referee)
(in English) This thesis deals with the relationship between The Self and The Other as presented in the works of Jean Améry, especially in his book about suicide. To think about the relationship between these two agents means also to think about freedom, humanity, the right to life, and the right to voluntary death. The first part of the thesis is concerned with the definitions of the relevant concepts; the second part reflects on the concept of voluntary death. It is precisely the voluntary death that can be the most radical result of the culmination of misunderstanding between The Self and The Other. For voluntary death is not only a decision not to live at this time and place but also a decision to leave this society, the others. According to Améry, the decision to commit suicide is a free, natural, and humane act. By saying that suicide is a free act Améry argues against the deterministic teachings of psychologists. Améry believes that voluntary death is a natural response to inhuman, humiliating, or for any other reason unacceptable life conditions. He thinks that voluntary death is also a humane act, as it gives men the opportunity to stop existing when there is a threat to their existence as human beings, for example when they get dehumanized like a muselman in a concentration camp. In the...
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Jean Améry's and Emmanuel Lévinas' view of death and dying
CHALOUPKOVÁ, Ivana
The work deals with the ideas of Jean Amery and Emmanuel Levinas, mainly related to death and dying. It focuses also on human existence. It deals with the concepts of time, aging, attitude to society and to the world, responsibility and freedom. Its aim is to compare ideas among themselves, find links and similarities and differences. There are inserted own perceptions and attitudes towards the ideas of both authors into the work. Their purpose is to arouse the reader's restlessness and activity and guide him to new ways to think about. This work shows that Amery's and Lévinas' attitudes are rather different, but are not directly antagonistic. Levinas' philosophy is rather positive, Amery's negative. Améry is not only a philosopher of suicide too, for which is he often considered, but also deals with life itself.
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