Conscience of finitude, suffering and spirituality

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200731.2.4

Abstract

Human beings before death suffer the indescribable pain from the end of existence. Close to the end, intense feelings of
anguish, fear, solitude and sadness appear and they can take the person to desperation. Due to this, this work aims to emphasize the
condition of human beings before death. In a dialogue with philosophy, we make a reflection on death and its process: dying. We want
to show the importance of thinking on the end of existence in the first person of the singular, that is, each person thinks about her own
death and, for this, we will present important philosophical and theological bases for the bioethical debate on the end of life, over all
in relation to terminal patients. In this work, we will also defend the importance of the philosophical and anthropological reflection in
the debate on death and dying and the theological (spiritual) reflection. Our certainty is that faith has an important function for the
human that faces the challenge of her own death.