24 - Suicide, Part I: The rationality of suicide

Update: 2011-12-07

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This is the first of a series of lectures on suicide. Two very distinct contexts are presented in which the subject can be further explored. The first is rationality and the question of under what circumstances it makes sense to end one's own life. The second is morality and the question of whether we can ever ethically justify resorting to suicide. The lecture's focus is on the rational requirements of suicide, and Professor Kagan introduces a number of cases which demonstrate that ending one's life, in certain instances, may be rationally sound.

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22 - Fear of death

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21 - Other bad aspects of death, Part II

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20 - The value of life, Part II; Other bad aspects of death, Part I

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19 - Immortality Part II; The value of life, Part I

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17 - The badness of death, Part II: The deprivation account

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16 - Dying alone; The badness of death, Part I

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15 - The nature of death (cont.); Believing you will die

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13 - Personal identity, Part IV; What matters?

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14 - What matters (cont.); The nature of death, Part I

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11 - Personal identity, Part II: The body theory and the personality theory

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10 - Personal identity, Part I: Identity across space and time and the soul theory

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08 - Plato, Part III: Arguments for the immortality of the soul (cont.)

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09 - Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the immortality of the soul (cont.)

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07 - Plato, Part II: Arguments for the immortality of the soul

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24 - Suicide, Part I: The rationality of suicide

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24 - Suicide, Part I: The rationality of suicide

Shelly Kagan

24 - Suicide, Part I: The rationality of suicide