Rationality and the wish to die—a response to Clarke

sir In a scholarly and thought-provoking paper, Clarke sets out to debunk the concept of “rational suicide” as nonsensical.1 His motivation in this is to undermine any support that the notion of rational suicide might give to a “categorical right to suicide”. If his enterprise were successful, howev...

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Main Author: Ryan, Christopher James (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2000
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 217
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