The ethics of suicide : historical sources /

Is suicide wrong, profoundly morally wrong? Almost always wrong, but excusable in a few cases? Sometimes morally permissible? Imprudent, but not wrong? Is it sick, a matter of mental illness? Is it a private matter or a largely social one? Could it sometimes be right, or a ""noble duty, &q...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Battin, M. Pabst (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Suicide > Moral and ethical aspects > History > Sources.
Suicide > Religious aspects > Sources.
Suicide in literature.
Suicide > ethics
Suicide > history
Suicide > Aspect moral > Histoire > Sources.
Suicide > Aspect religieux > Sources.
Suicide dans la littérature.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Suicide in literature
Suicide > Moral and ethical aspects
Suicide > Religious aspects
Självmord > etik och moral > historia.
Självmord > religiösa aspekter.
Självmord i litteraturen.
Bibliography
bibliographies.
Bibliographies
History
Sources
Bibliographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Is suicide wrong, profoundly morally wrong? Almost always wrong, but excusable in a few cases? Sometimes morally permissible? Imprudent, but not wrong? Is it sick, a matter of mental illness? Is it a private matter or a largely social one? Could it sometimes be right, or a ""noble duty, "" or even a fundamental human right? Whether it is called ""suicide"" or not, what role may a person play in the end of his or her own life? This collection of primary sources--the principal texts of ethical interest from major writers in western and nonwestern cultures, from the principal religious traditions,
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199385812
0199385815

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