“Less you drink of my cup you are not worthy of my wine. No man can be brave as he walks thro’ the passage of time; if unable to lay down his life for the best in mankind.”
Meletus may have demanded the death penalty, but it was Socrates who forced the hand of…
“Death is a decaying bridge no man would cross of his own accord; unless he has made himself ready by embracing his two-edged sword. He casts aside the looming shadows his grasping heart conceives, and finds himself alone at last, from whence emerged his crimson eve.” – Philosopher Muse (An invitation to the Trial and…
The philosophical case for recognizing voluntary death as an expression of individual autonomy has gained traction in recent years. This momentum is exemplified by the 2020 decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court, which affirmed the right to self-determined death as a core aspect of human dignity (German Federal Constitutional Court, 26 February 2020). Thomas…
