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'''Suicide''' is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life. Because this definition does not specify the outcome of such acts, it is customary to distinguish between fatal suicide and attempted, or nonfatal, suicide.<ref name="Britannica_suicide">[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/572110/suicide "suicide. 2012."] Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Referenced 31 October, 2012.</ref> | '''Suicide''' is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life. Because this definition does not specify the outcome of such acts, it is customary to distinguish between fatal suicide and attempted, or nonfatal, suicide.<ref name="Britannica_suicide">[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/572110/suicide "suicide. 2012."] Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Referenced 31 October, 2012.</ref> [[Timo Virkkala]] argued that suicide is (or can be) a tort against others because it constitutes [[littering]] with one's body, by abandoning it, if one does it carelessly.<ref>{{cite web|author=Virkkala, Timo|title=Body Abandonment|date=30 October 2012|url=http://wirkman.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/death-by-self/}}</ref> [[Stephan Kinsella]] remarked via Facebook, "I like your theory, but it's hard to enforce any penalty." | ||
[[Timo Virkkala]] argued that suicide is (or can be) a tort against others because it constitutes [[littering]] with one's body, by abandoning it, if one does it carelessly.<ref>{{cite web|author=Virkkala, Timo|title=Body Abandonment|date=30 October 2012|url=http://wirkman.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/death-by-self/}}</ref> [[Stephan Kinsella]] remarked, "I like your theory, but it's hard to enforce any penalty." | |||
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Revision as of 10:57, 31 October 2012
Suicide is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life. Because this definition does not specify the outcome of such acts, it is customary to distinguish between fatal suicide and attempted, or nonfatal, suicide.[1] Timo Virkkala argued that suicide is (or can be) a tort against others because it constitutes littering with one's body, by abandoning it, if one does it carelessly.[2] Stephan Kinsella remarked via Facebook, "I like your theory, but it's hard to enforce any penalty."
References
- ↑ "suicide. 2012." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Referenced 31 October, 2012.
- ↑ Virkkala, Timo (30 October 2012). "Body Abandonment". http://wirkman.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/death-by-self/.