영화 <씨 인사이드>를 통해 살펴본 존엄사에 대한 사회적 시선

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to approach the ‘Death with Dignity Act’, which was implemented in earnest in Korea in 2017, from a human existential point of view. This study compares the issue of ‘death with dignity’ in the movie The Sea Inside, which deals with the request for legal euthanasia of Ramon, who had been paralyzed for over 28 years in an accident, with domestic death-with-dignity regulations, and discusses the right and dignity of humane death. want to do it Laws and policies regarding death with dignity vary by country and region and are still a subject of debate in many countries. In Korea, in 2016, the ‘Act on Decisions on Hospice and Palliative Care and Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in the End-of-Life Process’, also known as the ‘Well-Dying Act’, passed the National Assembly. However, this law is the result of contemplation in terms of medical and legal aspects, and it is still in a poor stage of judgment on what a human being is, what life and death are to humans, and how they should be understood. Therefore, this study attempts to approach the decision-making behavior of death from the existential dimension of human beings. Just as humans have proven the value of existence by choosing the way of life every moment, the voice that people should be able to choose the way of death is also growing. Of course, this choice is not something that is actively recommended socially. However, these various discussions will eventually serve as an opportunity to reflect more deeply on the value of human life as well as death.