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40. The Suicide Paradox

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Is Suicide a Problem of Rich People?

The price of suicide is higher for the 50 year old. But whether it makes economic sense for either person to commit suicide depends on what econ is call the utility function, how much you value your life. As soon as the terrors of life reach the point at which they outweigh theTerrors of death, a man will put an end to his life. Margaret batton, sometimes called peggy, is a professor of philosophy at the university of utah. Plato argued that suicide was wrong in some cases, not wrong in others. Aristotle thought it was cowardly, an offence to society. For the stoics, suicide was a procedure. People who wanted to commit suicide would plead their

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