哲学者の立場から : 二人称の死-終末期医療をめぐって(シンポジウム2 二人称の死)

抄録

This report concerns a method of the final terminal medical treatment. Recently, the viewpoint of the "death of the second person" has been discussed. Firstly, the general idea of the "death of the second person" was explained in comparison with that of the "death of the third person". The "death of the third person" means a functional physical stop. And the "death of the second person" means the death of the "person" existing in face-to-face relations. However, the "Patient-Physician Relationship" must be the "relation of the second person" so that a patient may be considered a person. Secondly, in light of modern medical treatment, whether these relations could be realized or not was examined, but modern medical treatment has put too much emphasis on the current era of technology and systematic organization. Therefore, it seems impossible to adopt the idea of the second person to the "Patient-Physician Relationship." Thirdly, an attempt to present an ideal model of the "Patient-Physician Relationship" in which such an idea can be realized as a moral framework was examined. In other words, a model that incorporates all of the important ethical appeals that result from human relationships was considered. However, this moral framework must result in the neglect of the person himself. Fourthly, it was asked what will be done in medical treatment regarding the limitation of natural science. It is not that medical treatment is a substitute for religion. We must recognize that modern medical treatment is "powerlessness" Under this recognition, according to Jaspers' interpretation, the meaning of Hippocrates' proposition " latros philosophos isotheos" becomes clear.