This article discusses active euthanasia with reference to the ‘right to life’. To define active euthanasia as a ‘human right’ gives rise to serious conceptual and theoretical difficulties because of the ‘duty’ element which is a constituent of the ‘rights’ concept, but also because of the inalienability of the ‘right to life.’ Active euthanasia, by definition, implies that the request to be allowed to die should be met, but if we recognize that all doctors have the right to refuse this request, we realize that this request does not have a binding effect, thus does not contain the ‘duty’ element. Moreover, when we consider the inalienability of the ‘right to life,’ active euthanasia gives rise to similar serious difficulties
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