Contemplating suicide : the language and ethics of self-harm /

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"Suicide is devastating. It is an assault on our ideas of what living is about. In Contemplating Suicide, Gavin Fairbairn takes a fresh look at suicidal self harm. His view is distinctive in emphasising the intentions that a person has in acting, rather than external facts." "Fairbair...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fairbairn, Gavin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Colección:Social ethics and policy series.
Temas:
Suicide > Moral and ethical aspects.
Suicidal behavior.
Suicide, Attempted
Suicide > Aspect moral.
Comportement suicidaire.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Suicide, Language and Ethics: An Introduction
  • 2. Morals and Means
  • 3. Where Do Our Views of Suicide Come from?
  • 4. Our Impoverished Language of Suicide and Self Harm
  • 5. Suicide and Intention
  • 6. Defining Suicide
  • 7. Extending the Taxonomy of Suicidal Self Harm
  • 8. Living Dangerously, Heroism and Euthanasia
  • 9. Varieties of Suicide
  • 10. Digging Up the Past: Explorations in the Philosophical Archaeology of Suicide
  • 11. Liberal and Conservative Positions on Suicide
  • 12. Autonomy, Paternalism and Intervention in Suicidal Acts
  • 13. Justifying Intervention 1: Arguments from Autonomy
  • 14. Justifying Intervention 2: Self Defence and the Defence of Others.

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