This article combines two legal and ethical questions: a) the new Finnish method of citizens’ democratic participation (the citizens’ initiative), and b) the complex and controversial question of euthanasia. Both are currently pertinent questions in Finland. The citizens’ initiative institution is a success, especially for liberal people and human rights organisations in promoting issues which coalition governments are not ready to submit to the Parliament of Finland. The euthanasia question meets these requirements and the citizens’ initiative on euthanasia ( KAA 2/2017) in principle has a good chance of succeeding in the Parliament, but the result is unpredictable. Many members of the Parliament have not yet decided their attitude to euthanasia, which is a more complicated issue than, say, same-sex marriage.

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安乐死在芬兰的合法化：通过公民倡议吗？

本文结合了两个法律和道德问题：a）芬兰公民民主参与的新方法（公民的主动权），以及b）安乐死的复杂而有争议的问题。两者目前都是芬兰的相关问题。公民倡议机构是一个成功的组织，特别是对自由主义者和人权组织而言，在促进联盟政府不准备提交给芬兰议会的问题上尤其如此。安乐死问题满足了这些要求，并且公民关于安乐死的倡议（KAA 2/2017）原则上很有可能在议会中获得成功，但结果是不可预测的。许多国会议员尚未决定对安乐死的态度，这比同性婚姻更为复杂。