Lessons from the 2017 European Arts Forum
What is beauty? This is the question that the European Arts Forum (EAF) attempts to answer. Beauty is seeing clearly into each other with a complete respect for each other’s dignity and I can truly relate to this belief that EAF holds. After working on EAF for two and a half months, I was exhausted […]
Consequences of Living in a Post-Truth Society
The recent political and news landscape is cause for serious concern, not necessarily because of the policy decisions of the new administration but more of the way they conduct themselves in press interactions and on the internet. Our new president has been caught repeatedly blatantly lying, and it’s reached a point of public desensitization. In […]
Human Dignity and End of Life – Part 3: The End of Life and the Law
Ljudsko dostojanstvo i kraj života – 3. dio: Kraj života i pravo This is a third in the series of three articles titled “Human Dignity and the End of Life”. [tabs] [tab title=”English”] The legal debate concerning the end of life is also characterized by contemporary medical interventions in the lives of the sick […]
Human Dignity and End of Life – Part 2: The End of Life and Medical Science
Ljudsko dostojanstvo i kraj života – 2. dio: Kraj života i medicina This is a second in the series of three articles titled “Human Dignity and the End of Life”. [tabs] [tab title=”English”] If the role of the society is making the world a warmer, more humane and secure place, then the medical profession has an […]
Human Dignity and the End of Life – Part 1: Introductory Notes
Ljudsko dostojanstvo i kraj života – 1. dio: Uvodne napomene This is a first in the series of three articles titled “Human Dignity and the End of Life”. [tabs] [tab title=”English”] One thinker said the following about the end of life: Just as we were helped to be born, so we have to be supported […]
“Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”: Indifference & Human Dignity
Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, a writer, and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was a witness and victim of one of most heinous crimes committed in recent memory. The Holocaust and the other atrocities committed under the Nazi regime were based both on a distorted notion of the person and utter hatred. However, […]
Debating Death #4: Is There a “Right to Die” in the International Law?
Photo source: UN Human Rights Committee, AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI Legally, can People Claim the Right to Die? In the last article, I have shown what the social consequences would be if a country legalized euthanasia. Now, I will examine a more factual question – is there a legal basis for claiming a “right […]
The Best Time of My Life
The first few times I ever encountered the World Youth Alliance (WYA) was when three of classmates talked about it when they joined the summer camp back in 2015, and last January when the WYA Iloilo Chapter held a seminar for high school students. After those encounters, I started to do more research on WYA […]
Debating Death #3: What are the Social Consequences of Euthanasia?
This is a third in a series of “Debating Death” articles which examine ethical, political, medical, legal, social and cultural aspects of legalizing euthanasia. Legalizing Euthanasia Affects Us All Approximately two years ago, war veterans in Croatia were protesting in front of a government building. After some hours the police wanted to drive out the protesters from […]
Debating Death #2: How Will Legal Euthanasia Affect the Medical Profession?
Acceptance of Physician-Assisted Suicide Changes what it Means to be a Doctor This is a second in a series of “Debating Death” articles which examine ethical, political, medical, legal, social and cultural aspects of legalizing euthanasia. In the previous article, I examined whether liberal societies should legalize euthanasia out of respect for personal autonomy of individuals. As […]
