Monday, April 2, 2007

Understanding Suicide: Testing and Training to Recognize Philosophical Despair


During the recent ND House Education Committee hearing on Senate Concurrent Resolution 4032 (March 14th, 2007),1 I was struck by the importance of understanding suicide from a philosophical perspective in order to prevent suicide, and so I provided testimony to that end. Since ideas, like actions, have consequences, I began to wonder what philosophical ideas might lead to suicide. More...

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