Suicide
Subtitle: the philosophical dimensions
By: Michael Cholbi
Series: Broadview guides to philosophy; Broadview guides to philosophy
Publisher: Broadview Press; Eurospan Group [U.K. distributor]
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781551119052
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Suicide; Etik och moral; Självmord; Philosophy; Philosophie
Description: This work is a comprehensive investigation of the main philosophical issues surrounding suicide. It contains seminal arguments concerning the nature of suicide and its moral permissibility, the duty to die, the rationality of suicide, and the ethics of suicide intervention. This book sheds philosophical light on one of the most puzzling and enigmatic human behaviors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index.

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Table of contents: title: The nature of suicide. Some examples ; What should a definition of suicide capture? ; Suicide as intentional self-killing ; Can suicide be coerced?; title: The moral impermissibility of suicide. Christian arguments for the impermissibility of suicide ; Non-religious arguments for the impermissibility of suicide; title: The moral permissibility of suicide. Must a permission be justified? ; Self-defense ; Self-knowledge ; Self-ownership ; Autonomy and rationality; title: Is suicide ever a duty? Clarifying a "duty to die" ; Suicide in the service of a political or religious cause ; Suicide ordered by the State ; Suicide to unburden others ; Suicide to prevent the deaths of others; title: Suicide prevention and intervention. Benign vs. problematic measures ; Why prevent or intervene? ; The paternalism objection ; Morally permissible anti-suicide measures ; Availability of lethal means; title: Assisted suicide. A duty to assist suicide? ; Physician-assisted suicide ; Aiding suicide and the slippery slope ; Costs, benefits, and institutional design; title: Epilogue: Why? Opportunity ; Motive ; Means; title: Conclusion and summary.