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Am Ende Autonomie – Autonomie am Ende
Zur Hermeneutik der Konflikte um Autonomie am Lebensende
In its ruling of 26 February 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court declared Section 217 of the German Criminal Code (StGB), which was introduced in 2015 to prohibit organized suicide assistance, to be unconstitutional. The ruling is fundamentally based on a specific understanding of self-determination, making it not only a legal turning point but also one that touches on profound questions of human identity and dignity.
The Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (FEST) has explored the theological, legal, moral, and socio-ethical dimensions of this decision through interdisciplinary dialogue. With thoughtful objectivity, the focus is directed toward a »deep grammar« underlying public and academic discourses on assisted dying and suicide assistance.
This edited volume unpacks the complex patterns of interpretation, underlying tensions, and lines of conflict within current debates—shedding light on the cultural and normative foundations of the struggles for interpretive authority surrounding the question of »autonomy at life’s end«.
