Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE: THE NATURE OF SUICIDE

• Some Examples
  What Should a Definition of Suicide Capture?
  Suicide as Intentional Self-killing
  Can Suicide Be Coerced?
  Conclusion

CHAPTER TWO: THE MORAL IMPERMISSIBILITY OF SUICIDE

• Christian Arguments for the Impermissibility of Suicide
  Non-religious Arguments for the Impermissibility of Suicide
  Conclusion

CHAPTER THREE: THE MORAL PERMISSIBILITY OF SUICIDE

• Must a Permission Be Justified?
  Self-defense
  Self-knowledge
  Self-ownership
  Autonomy and Rationality
  Conclusion

CHAPTER FOUR: IS SUICIDE EVER A DUTY?

• Clarifying a “Duty to Die”
  Suicide in the Service of a Political or Religious Cause
  Suicide Ordered by the State
  Suicide to Unburden Others
  Suicide to Prevent the Deaths of Others
  Conclusion

CHAPTER FIVE: SUICIDE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

• Benign vs. Problematic Measures
  Why Prevent or Intervene?
  The Paternalism Objection
  Morally Permissible Anti-suicide Measures
  Availability of Lethal Means
  Conclusion

CHAPTER SIX: ASSISTED SUICIDE

• A Duty to Assist Suicide?
  Physician-assisted Suicide
  Aiding Suicide and the Slippery Slope
  Costs, Benefits, and Institutional Design
  Conclusion

EPILOGUE: WHY?

• Opportunity
  Motive
  Means

CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX