Sharp Shane
1 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
Omega (Westport). 2019 May;79(1):72-89. doi: 10.1177/0030222817715755. Epub 2017 Jun 20.
Research has documented associations among religious affiliation, religious practice, and attitudes toward voluntary euthanasia, yet very few studies have investigated how particular religious beliefs influence these attitudes. I use data from the General Social Survey (GSS; N = 19,967) to evaluate the association between the belief in life after death and attitudes toward voluntary euthanasia. I find that those who believe in life after death are significantly less likely than those who do not believe in life after death or those who doubt the existence of life after death to have positive attitudes toward voluntary euthanasia. These associations hold even after controlling for religious affiliation, religious attendance, views of the Bible, and sociodemographic factors. The findings indicate that to understand individuals' views about voluntary euthanasia, one must pay attention to individuals' particular religious beliefs.
研究记录了宗教归属、宗教活动与对自愿安乐死的态度之间的关联，但很少有研究调查特定宗教信仰如何影响这些态度。我使用综合社会调查（GSS；N = 19,967）的数据来评估对死后生命的信仰与对自愿安乐死的态度之间的关联。我发现，相信死后生命的人比不相信死后生命或怀疑死后生命存在的人对自愿安乐死持积极态度的可能性要小得多。即使在控制了宗教归属、宗教参与度、对圣经的看法和社会人口统计学因素之后，这些关联仍然成立。研究结果表明，要理解个人对自愿安乐死的看法，必须关注个人特定的宗教信仰。
