Keown D, Keown J
Goldsmiths, University of London.
J Med Ethics. 1995 Oct;21(5):265-9. doi: 10.1136/jme.21.5.265.
In 1993 The Parliament of the World's Religions produced a declaration known as A Global Ethic which set out fundamental points of agreement on moral tissues between the religions of the world. However, the declaration did not deal explicitly with medical ethics. This article examines Buddhist and Christian perspectives on euthanasia and finds that in spite of their cultural and theological differences both oppose it for broadly similar reasons. Both traditions reject consequentialist patterns of justification and espouse a 'sanctity of life' position which precludes the intentional destruction of human life by act or omission.
1993年，世界宗教议会发表了一项名为《全球伦理宣言》的声明，其中列出了世界各宗教在道德准则方面的基本共识。然而，该声明并未明确涉及医学伦理。本文审视了佛教和基督教对于安乐死的观点，发现尽管它们在文化和神学方面存在差异，但出于大致相同的原因都反对安乐死。这两种传统都摒弃了后果主义的辩护模式，秉持“生命神圣”的立场，这就排除了通过行为或不作为故意毁灭人类生命的可能性。
