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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> [[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." [[Thomas Szasz]]'s book ''[[Fatal Freedom]]'' defends every individual's right to choose a voluntary death. | '''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> | ||
==Views on suicide== | |||
[[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."{{Fact}} [[Thomas Szasz]]'s book ''[[Fatal Freedom]]'' defends every individual's right to choose a voluntary death. | |||
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==Links== | |||
* [https://mises.org/journals/jls/4_3/4_3_3.pdf Comment on Hospers] by David Gordon, 1980 | |||
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Revision as of 11:13, 20 November 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]
Views on suicide
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."[citation needed] Thomas Szasz's book Fatal Freedom defends every individual's right to choose a voluntary death.
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/.
Links
- Comment on Hospers by David Gordon, 1980
- Suicide at Wikipedia