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Explores fundamental philosophical questions concerning suicide
Critically assesses the arguments for and against one's right to commit suicide in the works of Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein
Illuminates the guiding threads in the history of philosophy that link the ideas on suicide present in the works of four major philosophers
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Book Title: Philosophical Perspectives on Suicide
Book Subtitle: Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein
Authors: Paolo Stellino
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53937-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53936-8Published: 13 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53939-9Published: 14 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53937-5Published: 12 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 248
Topics: Ethics, German Idealism, Philosophy of Religion