The ethics of suicide
In: Routledge library editions. Ethics volume 9
1. Popular and Religious Arguments Against Suicide. Is Suicide Unnatural? Suicide and the Bible. Analogy-Based Religious Arguments. Cowardice, Endurance, and Suffering -- 2. Philosophical Arguments Against Suicide. Kant: Universalizability and Humanity in Oneself. The Value of Human Life. Other-Regarding Arguments -- 3. From Permissible to Obligatory Suicide. Permissible Suicide. Obligatory Suicide -- 4. The Role of Others in Suicide. Preventing Suicide. Facilitating Suicide -- 5. Schopenhauer and Camus: Suicide and the Hero. Schopenhauerian Asceticism. Camusian Revolt -- Appendix: Defining Suicide. Some Inadequate Accounts. Towards an Intentional Analysis.