Concepto de derecho a la vida

Abstract

Both in national and foreign literature it is possible to find five conceptions regarding the right to life: as the right to live or remain alive; as the right to live well or with dignity; as the right to be given all that is necessary to stay alive; as the right no to be killed and, finally, as the right no to be killed arbitrarily. In this paper all those conceptions are explained, analyzed y reasons are given to support the last one of them, that according to which the right to life is the right not to be killed arbitrarily. Besides that, this paper addresses the discussion regarding the legitimacy for an individual to take his life.