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darah444's review
4.0
extremely eye opening, changed my mindset for the day. Ive always thought suicide should be legal and that every person should be in charge of themselves and deal with their own consequences. Enforcing law based on religion is absolutely outdated. I am against that. Law should be based on ethics, but that brings up the objectivity of ethics. Unquiet was misspelled funnily.
emilka_22's review against another edition
5.0
"Striktne vzatér je teda samovražda nemožná. Nemôžem zabiť seba. Môžem zabiť len nenávidený objekt, ktorým som sa stal. Nenávidím objekt, ktorým som sa stal, a chcem, aby zomrel. Samovražda je vražda."
Veľmi podnetná knižka. Útla, no nečíta sa ľahko, najmä, ak vo vašom okolí ľudia spáchali samovraždu.
Ale je mi tak nejako ľahšie, snažím sa chápať a už sa nehnevám.
Bonusom je výborný preklad!
Veľmi podnetná knižka. Útla, no nečíta sa ľahko, najmä, ak vo vašom okolí ľudia spáchali samovraždu.
Ale je mi tak nejako ľahšie, snažím sa chápať a už sa nehnevám.
Bonusom je výborný preklad!
fractaltexan's review against another edition
4.0
An interesting philosophical look at a taboo that has come to be seen as inherently bad in our society.
Simon Critchley breaks down the philosophical arguments for and against Suicide by showing how one is either free to do so or is not free due to mental illness. Either way, we look at a life from the perspective of suicide, not of a life leading to it.
He then talks about suicide notes, and the mere concept of choosing death, with no reason to do so other than we are simply able to do so.
All in all, this was a wonderful short book, and one that opened my eyes.
Simon Critchley breaks down the philosophical arguments for and against Suicide by showing how one is either free to do so or is not free due to mental illness. Either way, we look at a life from the perspective of suicide, not of a life leading to it.
He then talks about suicide notes, and the mere concept of choosing death, with no reason to do so other than we are simply able to do so.
All in all, this was a wonderful short book, and one that opened my eyes.
sfletcher26's review
4.0
An interesting though short essay on suicide.
Broken into roughly 3 sections it looks at:
The inconsistencies of the arguments for and against suicide.
What suicide notes tell us about those who take their own lives and conversely what they don't tell us
Whether the act of suicide is a uniquely human thing and how that might define us.
Not a book that will change anyone's mind but one that will prompt more thought on a difficult issue.
Broken into roughly 3 sections it looks at:
The inconsistencies of the arguments for and against suicide.
What suicide notes tell us about those who take their own lives and conversely what they don't tell us
Whether the act of suicide is a uniquely human thing and how that might define us.
Not a book that will change anyone's mind but one that will prompt more thought on a difficult issue.
linas_books's review
5.0
This book is a work distant from the aridities of usual thoughts on this controversial topic. We get the opportunity to take a look at suicide not only from the perspective of today’s society but also from the perspective of the person who commits it. Not only we get to define the common thread running through nearly every sacred book (Holy Bible, Quran) that concerns this issue, but we also learn how different philosophical schools and religions shaped society’s opinion on suicide through time. This book is intense, polemic but also liberating and empowering. One should be open-minded to get through it but don't we all need to be so in order to make a better society? In order to be able to listen without judging and to speak without hurting?