Alterity, as a theological discourse, involves anthropology, gnoseology, hristology and ecclesiology. Daily, we find ourselves settled socially, politically, economically, familially, but fundamentally, spiritually, in the shadow of revelation of mystery of the Other, an Other just as how he shows himself to us, how love makes himself known to us and we make ourselves known to him. On the other hand, we observe how medical praxis is, surely, the

The definition of death within the new context of biotechnology as well as the definition of euthanasia within the utilitarian society is problems that concern a multitude of areas such as medicine, theology, philosophy and anthropology. The euthanasia of newborns differs from that of adults, because the first case cannot benefit of the ‘quality of life’ argument. The author tries to demonstrate that the ‘quality of life’ argument invoked