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#562 Jason Manning - Suicide: The Social Causes of Self-Destruction

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Is Suicide Rational?

Sociology, probably less so than mer political science, just because the rational choice approachi is more of a minority in this field. But anything can be rational given the right goals. I think ike, if your goals to escape suffering, a gun barrel in your mouth might be a very rational way of ending physical pain or psychological pain. So i've seen that approach to i've also seen in political science looking at suicide terrorism specifically.

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