Stoic Suicide: Death Before Dishonor

International Journal of Philosophical Practice 4 (4):28-36 (2018)
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Applying the Roman Stoic criteria for a defensible suicide, this paper argues that suicide in certain circumstances may not merely be permissible, but even morally preferable to the available alternatives, including survival until natural death or some other involuntary end.

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