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Suicide was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2012!
Suicide: The Philosophical Dimensions is a provocative and comprehensive investigation of the main philosophical issues surrounding suicide. Readers will encounter 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. Intended both for students and for seasoned scholars, this book sheds much-needed philosophical light on one of the most puzzling and enigmatic human behaviors.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: THE NATURE OF SUICIDE
Some Examples
What Should a Definition of Suicide Capture?
Suicide as Intentional Self-killing
Can Suicide Be Coerced?
Conclusion
CHAPTER TWO: THE MORAL IMPERMISSIBILITY OF SUICIDE
Christian Arguments for the Impermissibility of Suicide
Non-religious Arguments for the Impermissibility of Suicide
Conclusion
CHAPTER THREE: THE MORAL PERMISSIBILITY OF SUICIDE
Must a Permission Be Justified?
Self-defense
Self-knowledge
Self-ownership
Autonomy and Rationality
Conclusion
CHAPTER FOUR: 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
Conclusion
CHAPTER FIVE: SUICIDE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
Benign vs. Problematic Measures
Why Prevent or Intervene?
The Paternalism Objection
Morally Permissible Anti-suicide Measures
Availability of Lethal Means
Conclusion
CHAPTER SIX: ASSISTED SUICIDE
A Duty to Assist Suicide?
Physician-assisted Suicide
Aiding Suicide and the Slippery Slope
Costs, Benefits, and Institutional Design
Conclusion
EPILOGUE: WHY?
Opportunity
Motive
Means
CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
