Bootlegging is likely to occur whenever a law prohibits a human need strong enough to incite people to satisfy it, even at considerable economic cost and personal risk.

The book defends autonomy and liberty by speaking out for the right to suicide.

By John Hardwig, Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Tennessee.

Szasz objects to physician-assisted suicide which makes suicide a medical issue rather than a moral one.

Definitions and a short review of arguments against suicide and in defense of suicide.

In-depth book review.

Why, if at all, is it morally unacceptable for one to bring about one's own death? Considers the views of Hume, Kant and Utilitarianism.

By Arthur Schopenhauer.

on the proper time to slip the cable.

Advocating suicide as a valid choice.

Suicide and the absurd. Contrasting the views of Albert Camus and Thomas Nagel.

From Dr. Ezio Vailati's course on Ethics.

Links to philosophical studies of suicide and its meaning for us. Maintained by Matthew Pianalto, graduate student, University of Arkansas.

Chapter from Peter McWilliams book "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do".

The Complete 1783 Edition of David Hume's Essays.

From the Antipsychiatry Coalition.

Is it lawful to kill oneself? By St. Thomas Aquinas.

Summary of "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus.

Includes five sections of his views on suicide.

Chapter 5 from "When Death is Sought - Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Medical Context". A comprehensive historical and philosophical survey.

A critical overview of ethical issues involved in suicide.

There should be no right to commit suicide, since suicidal people are not their real selves.