Must Pessimists Be Suicidal?
This article examines the suicide objection to pessimism, which suggests that if life is truly as terrible as pessimists claim, more of them should be willing to commit suicide. However, the author presents several counterarguments to this objection. They argue that pessimists may not view suicide a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Value Inquiry Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 275 - 292 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2024
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