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UNINA9910807314003321 |
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Battin M. Pabst |
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The ethics of suicide : historical sources / / Margaret Pabst Battin, editor |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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0-19-938582-3 |
0-19-938581-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (753 p.) |
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Suicide - Moral and ethical aspects - History |
Suicide - Religious aspects |
Suicide in literature |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pliny the Younger (62-113) |
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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, |
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UNINA9910814150003321 |
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Autore |
Orlov Dmitry |
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The five stages of collapse : a survivor's toolkit / / Dmitry Orlov |
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Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Economic history - 21st century |
Social history - 21st century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Collapses in General -- Financial Collapse -- Case Study: Iceland -- Commercial Collapse -- Case Study: The Russian Mafia -- The Five Stages of Collapse Political Collapse -- Case Study: The Pashtuns -- Social Collapse -- Case Study: The Roma -- Cultural Collapse -- Case Study: The Ik -- Afterword. |
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A user's guide to economic, political, social and cultural collapse. |
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