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In paperback edition in the Universale Economica Feltrinelli the dialogue on end-of-life between Dacia Maraini and Claudio Volpe.
The world is changing rapidly, technology is transforming our daily habits, even the most established ones. Morality on one side and laws on the other struggle to keep pace. Yet, certain themes, certain issues demand careful, timely, swift reflection. Dacia Maraini, one of today’s most well-known and appreciated writers, engages in this small, dense, and enlightening book with jurist Claudio Volpe on the delicate issue of ‘end of life’. Is it permissible for a person to decide to die, regardless of their physical and health condition? Can the freedom to take one’s own life be considered a worthy freedom? Is it a right that, in the extreme, can be sanctioned by law, keeping in mind that the Constitution states that “no one can be obliged to a specific health treatment” and that it is never allowed to “violate the limits imposed by respect for human dignity”? From the words of Maraini and Volpe emerge many points of reflection, also sparked by everyday news. Moving between the legal-normative world and that of direct testimonies, literature, and ancient mythology, The Right to Die, with simple words and a tone that is always respectful, even moving, helps the reader to think without any kind of prejudice, always sheltered from commonplaces, on a crucial theme of our contemporary reality.
