Description
Can suicide be, in certain situations, morally permissible or even morally obligatory? Can it be a rational choice? What are our obligations toward suicidal individuals? How should we even define suicide? The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Suicide discusses these questions and expands the frontier of philosophical discourse to include heretofore neglected ethical and social aspects of suicide. Starting with a critical overview of the most important historical philosophical approaches to suicide, the chronologically ordered chapters in the first part of this volume cover both Western and non-Western philosophical traditions. The second part is dedicated to foundational issues such as the nature, morality, and rationality of suicide. The final section covers philosophical issues related to the practice of suicide, addressing topics such as the ethics of suicide prevention and intervention, new suicide technologies, suicide and mental illness, suicide and media ethics, and suicide and gender, among others.Across thirty-three chapters written by thirty-five leading scholars, this handbook provides a fresh, compelling analysis of past and contemporary trends in the philosophy of suicide.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors1. Introduction: Past and Contemporary Perspectives on the Philosophy of Suicide Michael Cholbi, Paolo StellinoPART I: Suicide in Philosophical Traditions 2. Suicide in Asian Traditions Charles Goodman3. Suicide in Ancient Greece Anna B. Christensen4. Suicide in Roman PhilosophyHélder Telo5. The Christian Prohibition of Suicide Philip A. Reed6. Suicide in Islam: Classical and Contemporary ApproachesAbdullah Saeed, Ali Akbar 7. Suicide in Early Modern Western PhilosophyColin Heydt 8. Suicide in Modern Western Philosophy Héctor Wittwer9. Suicide in Contemporary Western Philosophy I: the 19th CenturyPatrick Hassan 10. Suicide in Contemporary Western Philosophy II: the Philosophy of Suicide in Twentieth-Century Continental PhilosophyYael LaviPART II: Foundational Issues 11. What Is Suicide? Steven Luper12. Choosing Death: Virtue Ethics and SuicideLiezl van Zyl13. Kantian Approaches to SuicideLina Papadaki 14. Utilitarianism and SuicideTorbjörn Tännsjö 15. The Rationality of Suicide Frances M. Kamm16. Suicide's Relation to Freedom Paolo Stellino17. Is There a Right to Suicide? Chris Belshaw18. Is There a Duty to Suicide?Chris Belshaw19. The Value of Death and SuicideTravis Timmerman20. Suicide and PessimismAndrea S. Asker21. Suicide and Life's Meaningfulness Michael HauskellerPART III: Suicide in Practice22. Paternalism and the Ethics of Suicide PreventionMichael Cholbi23. Assisted Suicide: Deliverance or Danger?Felicia Nimue Ackerman 24. Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-InjuryZsuzsanna Chappell25. The Risks and Rewards of New Suicide TechnologiesAdam Buben26. Grief and Suicide Becky Miller27. Suicide as a Protest Antti Kauppinen28. Suicide TourismDaniel Sperling29. Suicide and DepressionNathaniel Sharadin30. Suicide and Mental IllnessHane Htut Maung31. Suicide and Media EthicsSallyanne Duncan32. Suicide, Social Media, and Artificial IntelligenceErick Ramirez and Susan Kennedy33. Suicide in the Moving Image David Sorfa34. Suicide and GenderKatrina JaworskiIndex
