The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources
By Unknown Author.
Description
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 rel...
ISBN(s)
0195135997, 9780195135992
