Why suicide is amoral: a philosophical account

Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (2024)
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Abstract

If an agent lacks the ability to exercise deliberative agency or moral agency, or otherwise does not believe themselves to have a choice with respect to an action, then that action is amoral. Robyn Gaier argues that actions of suicide are amoral in at least these ways.

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