Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: THE NATURE OF SUICIDE

  • Some Examples
    What Should a Definition of Suicide Capture?
    Suicide as Intentional Self-killing
    Can Suicide Be Coerced?
    Conclusion

CHAPTER TWO: THE MORAL IMPERMISSIBILITY OF SUICIDE

  • Christian Arguments for the Impermissibility of Suicide
    Non-religious Arguments for the Impermissibility of Suicide
    Conclusion

CHAPTER THREE: THE MORAL PERMISSIBILITY OF SUICIDE

  • Must a Permission Be Justified?
    Self-defense
    Self-knowledge
    Self-ownership
    Autonomy and Rationality
    Conclusion

CHAPTER FOUR: IS SUICIDE EVER A DUTY?

  • Clarifying a “Duty to Die”
    Suicide in the Service of a Political or Religious Cause
    Suicide Ordered by the State
    Suicide to Unburden Others
    Suicide to Prevent the Deaths of Others
    Conclusion

CHAPTER FIVE: SUICIDE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

  • Benign vs. Problematic Measures
    Why Prevent or Intervene?
    The Paternalism Objection
    Morally Permissible Anti-suicide Measures
    Availability of Lethal Means
    Conclusion

CHAPTER SIX: ASSISTED SUICIDE

  • A Duty to Assist Suicide?
    Physician-assisted Suicide
    Aiding Suicide and the Slippery Slope
    Costs, Benefits, and Institutional Design
    Conclusion

EPILOGUE: WHY?

  • Opportunity
    Motive
    Means

CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Posted on October 29, 2015