Product details:
ISBN13: | 9783030539368 |
ISBN10: | 3030539369 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 248 pages |
Size: | 210x148 mm |
Weight: | 473 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | XIV, 248 p. |
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Philosophical Perspectives on Suicide
Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication: 13 December 2020
Number of Volumes: 1 pieces, Book
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Short description:
This book aims to address in a novel way some of the fundamental philosophical questions concerning suicide. Focusing on four major authors of Western philosophy - Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein - their arguments in favour or against suicide are explained, contextualized, examined and critically assessed. Taken together, these four perspectives provide an illuminating overview of the philosophical arguments that can be used for or against one?s right to commit suicide. Intended both for specialists and those interested in understanding the many complexities underlying the philosophical debate on suicide, this book combines philosophical depth with exemplary clarity.
Long description:
This book aims to address in a novel way some of the fundamental philosophical questions concerning suicide. Focusing on four major authors of Western philosophy - Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein - their arguments in favour or against suicide are explained, contextualized, examined and critically assessed. Taken together, these four perspectives provide an illuminating overview of the philosophical arguments that can be used for or against one?s right to commit suicide. Intended both for specialists and those interested in understanding the many complexities underlying the philosophical debate on suicide, this book combines philosophical depth with exemplary clarity.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction: Bringing Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein Together
Chapter 2: Immanuel Kant. The Moral Duty of Self-Preservation
Chapter 3: Arthur Schopenhauer. The Metaphysical Futility of Suicide
Chapter 4: Friedrich Nietzsche. A Free Death at the Right Time
Chapter 5: Ludwig Wittgenstein. Suicide as the Elementary Sin
Chapter 6: Conclusion: What Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein Can Teach Us about Suicide