Questions tagged [suicide]
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Can voluntary radical change of core beliefs be considered as a suicide from perspective of psychological continuity?
I understand psychological continuity as view that only preservation of psyche is important in determining if somebody survived or not. Like if my body, including the brain, is gradually replaced by ...
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Can neglect and refutation towards (anit-aging) rejuvenation be considered as suicide?
There is emerging view that the aging is the reversible and bidirectional epigenetic/molecular/cellular process. Some reflections are in https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/477209 . There has been ...
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Did any philosophers in the middle ages and before tackle depression or suicide?
Extremely weird question, I know, But were any philosophers in the middle ages and before tackle topics such as depression and suicide? I mean we see them tackle happiness and living happily, but were ...
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How do I free myself from being enslaved by the randomness of reality without committing suicide? [closed]
I want to state two points first:
I do not find suicide as a possible solution for me. The last
thing I would do is to kill myself, because I want to live forever.
This is a philosophical question, “...
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Why are euthanasia and suicide considered inhumane?
With animals, when they are in considerable pain or suffering from a terminal condition, it's typically considered humane to euthanize them as a way to minimize suffering. However, with humans, the ...
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Does extreme nihilism endorse suicidal behavior?
Nihilism lacks any belief in moral values. Then, if taken to its extreme form, does nihilism prescribe to a belief in no purpose for existence at all?
If nihilism has no objective value system, does ...
