LESSON 11: SUICIDE, BEHAVIORAL CONTROL Flashcards
Causes of suicide
ļ¼ Personal
ļ¼ Financial
ļ¼ Social reasons
ļ¼ Sexual or Physical abuse
ļ¼ Mental health problems
ļ¼ Addiction
ļ¼ Access to lethal means
according to him Suicide is a crime
Flavius Josephus (e.37-100)
according to him The soul is a depositum (deposited for safekeeping)
received from God
Flavius Josephus (e.37-100)
he said that Suicide is itself a greater sin than any and all sins that
could be allegedly avoided by committing it
St augustine
St. augustine mentioned that Self-murder against the ______ commandment
5th
he said that Suicide deprives one of the opportunity to repent
st. augustine
āIt is an ignoble actā was stated by
st. augustine
he mentioned that Suicide is against the natural law
St. Thomas Aquinas
according to him Being a member of society, a person who kills himself
will deprive the community of his activity, they likewise
will be greatly affected by his sudden, if not violent, and
death.
st. thomas aquinas
Suicide is a usurpation of Godās function- life is Godās gift to man
St. Thomas Aquinas
For him/her, When an individual reaches a point where all that he feels is
terrible pain, agony, and misery- suicide becomes excusable
Montaigne 1533-1592)
Suicide is a means of liberating oneself from exploitation and oppression
(Donne 1573-1631)
It is unjust to compel a person to labor for a society he no
longer consents to be a member ofāthis justified the act of
terminating oneās own life
(Montesquieu 1689-1755)
It does not disturb the order of Providence
(Montesquieu
1689-1755)
The soul is separated from the body but the order and
regularities in the universe never changes
(Montesquieu
1689-1755)
The removal of misery makes suicide morally justifiable
and permissible
(Hume 1711-1776)
Moral duty is reciprocal
(Hume 1711-1776)
There is no such thing as order designed by God; manās
life is as disposable as that of an oysterās
(Hume 1711-1776)
with its principle of stewardship, considers
suicide as self-murder.
Natural law ethics,
āthe greatest happiness for the greatest numberā
Utilitarianism
Principle of autonomy; within the context of the categorical imperative
Kantās ethics
lobotomy is also called as
Psychosurgery
Involves surgical removal or destruction of brain tissue for
altering mental states.
lobotomy
1891, he Performed the first known instance of brain surgery in
Switzerland
DR. GOOTLIEB BURCKHARDT
He operated six patients to reduce the patientsā impulsive
behavior, which he thought was the effect of excess neutral
activity in the cerebral cortex.
DR. GOOTLIEB BURCKHARDT
1930, he Developed leucotomy/ lobotomy
ANTONIO EGAS MONI