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WHAT IS IT TO COMMIT SUICIDE?
Article first published online: 9 MAY 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2011.00493.x
© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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How to Cite
Hill, D. J. (2011), WHAT IS IT TO COMMIT SUICIDE?. Ratio, 24: 192–205. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2011.00493.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 9 MAY 2011
- Article first published online: 9 MAY 2011
Abstract
In this article I defend a new definition of what it is to commit suicide:
The definition has some surprising implications: various real-life examples often referred to as ‘suicides’ (e.g. ‘suicide bombers’) may well turn out not to be suicides after all.1