Yoi Shi / Tada No Sei (Chiku Ma Gakugei Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The author, who believes that "even if you die of illness, it is better to do what you want to do and be comfortable until that time," critically examines the idea that euthanasia and death with dignity are "good deaths. Modern society makes people who are unable to use their bodies and thoughts properly due to illness or old age feel that their lives are not worth living. What is needed to change this society, in which various norms and values are embedded to prevent "survival without reservation," to a society in which people can live if they want to live? The book "The Good Death" is a collection of essays that call for a change from the pursuit of a "good death" to a "life without reservation". This is the definitive edition of the book "A Good Death" plus chapters 5 to 7 of the book "The Only Life".

「病で死ぬとしてもその時までしたいことをし、楽をするのがよい」と考える著者が、安楽死・尊厳死を「良い死」とする思考を批判的に検討。病を得、あるいは老衰のため身体や思考をうまく働かせられない人に、生きる価値がないと思わせてしまう現代社会。「留保なしの生存」を妨げる種々の規範や価値が埋め込まれているこの社会を、「生きたいなら生きられる」社会へと変えていくには何が必要か。「良い死」を追い求めるのはやめ、「唯の生」でよいではないかと呼びかける。単行本『良い死』に、単行本『唯の生』の第5章～第7章を加えて文庫本とした決定版。