Sallekhana and the End-of-Life Option of Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking: An Ethical Argument to Consider the Jain Practice of Fasting to Death as Different from Suicide
This article brings sallekhana, the Jain practice of fasting to death, into conversation with the practice of ‘voluntary stopping of eating and drinking’ (VSED), an end-of-life option, available in various countries for competent adults, to hasten the end of life by consciously choosing to not eat a...
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| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2023
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 323-350 |
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end-of-life options
B the principle of self-determination B voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) B good death B Religious Studies B self-ownership B Jain practice of fasting to death B Bioethics B sallekhanā B Suicide B Respect for persons B bodily integrity |
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