02208nam 2200541 450 991046058900332120200520144314.00-19-938582-30-19-938581-5(CKB)3710000000461361(EBL)2145420(MiAaPQ)EBC2145420(Au-PeEL)EBL2145420(CaPaEBR)ebr11088073(CaONFJC)MIL821866(OCoLC)918624145(EXLCZ)99371000000046136120140430h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe ethics of suicide historical sources /Margaret Pabst Battin, editorOxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (753 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-938580-7 0-19-513599-7 Pliny the Younger (62-113)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,SuicideMoral and ethical aspectsHistorySourcesSuicideReligious aspectsSourcesSuicide in literatureElectronic books.SuicideMoral and ethical aspectsHistorySuicideReligious aspectsSuicide in literature.179.7Battin M. PabstMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460589003321The ethics of suicide1968393UNINA