Spinozian power: resistance to control over death

Authors

  • Fernanda Rangel Ramos Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Tulio Batista Franco UFF, Niterói/RJ, Brasil

Abstract

This study discuss the issue of end-of-life decision-making, considering Foucault’s ideas of a technology for managing life that exerts power over bodies (biopower) by a disciplinary system, and politics that prescribes ways of living (biopolitics), and Spinoza’s concept of the body and affects (affectus). We conclude that, despite the numerous obstacles to autonomous decision-making by patients, individuals have an absolute power that favors their protagonism. However, their small gestures are often invisible to health professionals. 

Keywords:

Bioethics. Decision making. Terminal care. Personal autonomy.

Author Biography

Fernanda Rangel Ramos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Fernanda Rangel Ramos

Fisioterapeuta formada pela UFRJ em 2001

Residência em Fisioterapoia em Terapia Intensica pelo Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto - UERj 2003-2005

Mestre em Ciências pela UFRJ

Doutorando em Bioética pelo PPGBIOS

Fisioterapeuta do Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho/UFRJ e do Hospital Federal de Bonsucesso/MS

Vol. 28 No. 3 (2020): Revista Bioética 28(3)

Published:

2020-09-21

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How to Cite

1.
Ramos FR, Batista Franco T. Spinozian power: resistance to control over death. Rev. bioét.(Impr.). [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 21 [cited 2024 May 12];28(3). Available from: http://revistabioetica.cfm.org.br/revista_bioetica/article/view/2458