Perspectives on suicide with notes on hunger striking and alienation

Walter Joseph O'Hearn

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Perspectives on suicide with notes on hunger striking and alienation

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Walter Joseph O'Hearn. Perspectives On Suicide with Notes On Hunger Striking and Alienation. Andover Newton Theological School. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3c609245-9579-4797-bb13-58b5167f9304.

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W. J. O'hearn. Perspectives on suicide with notes on hunger striking and alienation. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3c609245-9579-4797-bb13-58b5167f9304

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Walter Joseph O'Hearn. Perspectives On Suicide with Notes On Hunger Striking and Alienation. Andover Newton Theological School. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3c609245-9579-4797-bb13-58b5167f9304.

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Walter Joseph O'Hearn

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Abstract

Suicide is a form of behavior that responds to the value placed on life itself by God, society or man. In this sense, suicide is a fundamental option of the will, a truly human action. This paper reviews suicide as a phenomenon of behavior. Special attention is paid to the problems of definition and causation. At present the disciplines of psychology and sociology have suggested the major theoretical constructs that might explain suicide. Explanations draw heavily from both disciplines. Chapters on hunger striking and the loss of hope are included. It is now clear that hunger striking is an ancient practice, common to all ages, societies and races. Its effectiveness varies greatly according to circumstance. Alienation is seen primarily as a loss of hope. Here hope is treated as a virtue. Its violations are despair and presumption. There is a difference between the legal and moral evaluation of suicide. Each pastoral counselor responds from a personal value system. The problem of guilt is particularly acute when associated with suicide. Whatever the civil right involved, guilt is not so easily dismissed.

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