El principio de dignidad humana frente a la despenalización del suicidio medicamente asistido en Colombia

Abstract

Contemporary constitutionalism has had to face dizzying dilemmas, all with their respective importance, however, one of the ones that has caused the most stir in society and has awakened special interest in modern juridical-philosophical doctrines is euthanasia and medically assisted suicide, in In this sense, the problems surrounding the practices of dignified death are of considerable complexity, because it directly conflicts with the right to life, a situation that is absolutely inadmissible from the prism of ethical-moral and religious notions. Thus, although euthanasia and medically assisted suicide are considered undesirable practices in society due to their nature, countries in the world such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the United States and others have decriminalized them based on the human dignity and the free development of the personality of those who expressly request death in dignified conditions, because no person is compelled to live when he is in the midst of gruesome suffering due to a pathology that makes his life inhuman.