Zwierlein E
Universität Kaiserslauten, BRD.
Diskussionsforum Med Ethik. 1993 Jul(5):XXI-XXIII.
There are 2 important philosophical traditions discussing the moral problem of suicide. One tradition rejects suicide as an immoral act that is against either an absolute or transcendent order, or against socio-political responsibilities, or against the duties one has to obey with respect to your own individual life. The other tradition argues that a specifically "qualified" suicide is a morally good privilege of human freedom and self-determination. Weighting the pros and cons the debate seems to end in a drawn game, perhaps with little advantages for the position against suicide. In any case, in the end it comes down to the very question whether a human being is still able to experience that it is good that he exists and that it is good to be engaged in this existence or not.
有两种重要的哲学传统讨论自杀的道德问题。一种传统认为自杀是一种不道德的行为，它违背了绝对或超验的秩序，或违背了社会政治责任，或违背了一个人对自己个人生活应尽的义务。另一种传统则认为，一种特定“合格”的自杀是人类自由和自我决定的道德上的良好特权。权衡利弊后，这场辩论似乎以平局告终，也许反对自杀立场的优势不大。无论如何，最终归结到一个核心问题，即一个人是否仍然能够体验到他的存在是美好的，以及参与这种存在是否是美好的。
