The Evolution of Suicide | Nicholas Humphreys
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Negative Effects of Culture on Suicide
Until recently suicide and attempted suicide have been considered to be crimes under the common law. In Europe after the effects of Gertrude's book became apparent it was soon banned. The threat of hell far can certainly set the amygdala ringing. That undiscovered country from whose born no traveler returns makes us rather bear those ills we have then fight or others that we know not of. Why not oppose a destructive mind virus with a redemptive one?
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