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The ethics of suicide

Title
The ethics of suicide / Victor Cosculluela.
Author
Cosculluela, Victor.
Publication
New York : Garland, 1995.

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Description
xi, 170 pages; 22 cm.
Series Statement
  • Garland studies in applied ethics ; vol. 4
  • Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 1033
Uniform Title
  • Garland studies in applied ethics ; v. 4.
  • Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1033.
Subject
  • Suicide > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Suizid
  • Ethik
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-167) and index.
Contents
1. Popular and Religious Arguments Against Suicide. Is Suicide Unnatural? Suicide and the Bible. Analogy-Based Religious Arguments. Cowardice, Endurance, and Suffering -- 2. Philosophical Arguments Against Suicide. Kant: Universalizability and Humanity in Oneself. The Value of Human Life. Other-Regarding Arguments -- 3. From Permissible to Obligatory Suicide. Permissible Suicide. Obligatory Suicide -- 4. The Role of Others in Suicide. Preventing Suicide. Facilitating Suicide -- 5. Schopenhauer and Camus: Suicide and the Hero. Schopenhauerian Asceticism. Camusian Revolt -- Appendix: Defining Suicide. Some Inadequate Accounts. Towards an Intentional Analysis.
ISBN
  • 0815320310
  • 9780815320319
LCCN
94045150
OCLC
  • ocm31660464
  • 31660464
  • SCSB-2096591
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library