Euthanasia – the view of a philologist

The chapter addresses the issue of euthanasia from the perspective of a philologist. The problem is complex in that, as it were, it automatically relates – in addition to philological issues – also to axiology. The examples discussed in the chapter concern not only the issue of euthanasia, but also suicide and murder. This is because the latter two issues are related to the main subject under consideration, and they all relate to what Ladislaus Boros referred to as “man faced with the final decision.” The issue here is whether man makes this decision on his own, or whether it is made for him. But in either case, it falls before the gods or God, and raises the question of whether it opens the way to further life.