Suicide and Assisted Suicide
The question of the moral permissibility of suicide for an egoistic philosophy is fascinating. It is challenging for Objectivism , which
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The question of the moral permissibility of suicide for an egoistic philosophy is fascinating. It is challenging for Objectivism , which
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