{"id":11961,"date":"2003-01-01T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-01T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11961"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:43:18","slug":"physician-assisted-suicide-and-euthanasia-german-protestantism-conscience-and-the-limits-of-purely-ethical-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11961","title":{"rendered":"Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: German Protestantism, Conscience, and the Limits of Purely Ethical Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peter Bartmann<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"161\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/christianbioethics.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Bioethics\" class=\"wp-image-11204\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christian Bioethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>In this essay I shall describe and analyse the current debate on physician assisted suicide in contemporary German Protestant church and theology. It will be shown that the Protestant (mainly Lutheran) Church in Germany together with her Roman Catholic sister church has a specific and influential position in the public discussion: The two churches counting the majority of the population in Germany among their members tend to \u2018\u2018organize&#8221; a social and political consensus on end-of-life questions. This cooperation is until now very successful: Speaking with one voice on end-of-life questions, the two churches function as the guardians of a moral consensus which is appreciated even by many non-believers. . .I shall argue that it will be necessary to go beyond this actual controversy to the works of Gerhard Ebeling and Karl Barth for a clear and instructive account of conscience and a theological analysis of the concepts of life and suicide. On the basis of their considerations, a conscience-related approach to physician assisted suicide is developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Bartmann P. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cb\/article-abstract\/9\/2-3\/203\/291418?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: German Protestantism, Conscience, and the Limits of Purely Ethical Reflection<\/a>. Christ Bioet. 2003;9(3):203-225.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Bartmann AbstractIn this essay I shall describe and analyse the current debate on physician assisted suicide in contemporary German Protestant church and theology. 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