A Jurisprudential Analysis of the Euthanasia Legality: Based on a Comparative Study Between China and Other Countries

Abstract

With the development of society, people's understanding of the right to life goes deeper and deeper. In order to alleviate the pain, people seek euthanasia more and more strongly. Through the methods of case analysis and comparative analysis, this paper summarizes the legal norms of China, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries, studies the theories of the value of life, the source of rights, freedom of will, moral ethics, social development and other aspects. This paper also analyzes the practical obstacles to the legalization of euthanasia in combination with Chinese Confucianism, professional ethics and legal ethics, provide modest suggestions for the implementations of euthanasia in China from four dimensions of subject, subjective, objective, procedure.