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Routledge
353 Pages
by
Routledge
353 Pages
by
Routledge
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Suicide, and how civilized people should respond to it, is an increasingly controversial topic in modern society. In Holland, suicide is the third leading cause of death of people between the ages of fifteen and forty. In the United States, it is the second leading cause of death among older teenagers. Laws prohibiting assisted suicide are being directly and boldly confronted by activists in the... Read more
1: Defining Suicide in the Catholic Context; 2: The Changing Face of Despair: The Catholic Response to Ancient Suicide; 3: The Emergence of Modern Suicide; 4: Catholicism and the Morality of Suicide; 5: The Rationality of Suicide; 6: The Voluntariness of Rational Suicide; 7: Indirectly Intended Analgesic Suicide: Clarifying the Principles; 8: The Social Dynamics of Rational Suicide; 9: Proclaiming Hope and New Life to the Dying: Suicide and Pastoral Care
Biography
Robert Barry
