Norden M
Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
J Med Ethics. 1995 Jun;21(3):179-83. doi: 10.1136/jme.21.3.179.
Brian Clark's drama, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, explores the difficulties of applying the principle of respect for autonomy to real-life circumstances. In the play a permanently disabled patient, who wishes to be allowed to die, raises moral questions about the adequacy of the autonomous agent, respect for the autonomy of others, the authority of the law, the allocation of society's resources, and the intrinsic value of human life. After a brief review of the story and definition of respect for autonomy, this paper cites passages from the play that dramatize the tension between respect for autonomy and these other moral concerns. There follows a review of relevant commentary from the classicists Kant and Mill and the modernists Childress and Gillon. The study concludes that although classical and contemporary philosophers have clarified and elaborated upon the relationship between ethical principles, they have not provided definitive guidelines.
布莱恩·克拉克的戏剧《这到底是谁的生活？》探讨了在现实生活中应用尊重自主性原则所面临的困难。在剧中，一位希望被允许死亡的永久性残疾患者，引发了关于自主行为者的适格性、对他人自主性的尊重、法律权威、社会资源分配以及人类生命的内在价值等道德问题。在简要回顾剧情以及尊重自主性的定义之后，本文引用了剧中一些段落，这些段落生动展现了尊重自主性与其他道德关切之间的紧张关系。接下来回顾了古典主义者康德和密尔以及现代主义者蔡尔德雷斯和吉利翁的相关评论。研究得出结论，尽管古典和当代哲学家已经阐明并详细阐述了伦理原则之间的关系，但他们并未提供明确的指导方针。
