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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449798403321

Autore

Fairbairn Gavin

Titolo

Contemplating suicide : the language and ethics of self-harm / / Gavin J. Fairbairn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-84507-3

1-134-84508-1

0-203-29898-5

1-280-06688-1

0-203-42637-1

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 209 p

Collana

Social ethics and policy series

Disciplina

179/.7

Soggetti

Suicide - Moral and ethical aspects

Suicidal behavior

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 SUICIDE, LANGUAGE AND ETHICS -- chapter 2 MORALS AND MEANS -- chapter 3 WHERE DO OUR VIEWS OF SUICIDE COME FROM? -- chapter 4 OUR IMPOVERISHED LANGUAGE OF SUICIDE AND SELF HARM -- chapter 5 SUICIDE AND INTENTION -- chapter 6 DEFINING SUICIDE -- chapter 7 EXTENDING THE TAXONOMY OF SUICIDAL SELF HARM -- chapter 8 LIVING DANGEROUSLY, HEROISM AND EUTHANASIA -- chapter 9 VARIETIES OF SUICIDE -- chapter 10 DIGGING UP THE PAST -- chapter 11 THE LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE POSITIONS ON SUICIDE -- chapter 12 AUTONOMY, PATERNALISM AND INTERVENTION IN SUICIDAL ACTS -- chapter 13 JUSTIFYING INTERVENTION 1 -- chapter 14 JUSTIFYING INTERVENTION 2.