The volume “The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Suicide”, edited by Michael Cholbi (University of Edinburgh) and Paolo Stellino, an appointed research fellow at IFILNOVA, has just published by Oxford University Press.

Across thirty-three chapters written by thirty-five leading scholars, this handbook provides a fresh, compelling analysis of past and contemporary trends in the philosophy of suicide. Starting with a critical overview of the most important historical philosophical approaches to suicide, the chronologically ordered chapters in the first part of this volume cover both Western and non-Western philosophical traditions. The second part is dedicated to foundational issues such as the nature, morality, and rationality of suicide. The final section covers philosophical issues related to the practice of suicide, addressing topics such as the ethics of suicide prevention and intervention, new suicide technologies, suicide and mental illness, suicide and media ethics, suicide and film, and suicide and gender, among others.

The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Suicide
Cholbi, M., Stellino, P. (Eds.)
ISBN 9780197654385

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