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In defence of Kant’s moral prohibition on suicide solely to avoid suffering
- Mr G Vong, Corpus Christi College, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Merton Street, Oxford OX1 4JF, UK; gerard.vong{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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In defence of Kant’s moral prohibition on suicide solely to avoid suffering
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- Received April 29, 2007
- Revised September 17, 2007
- Accepted September 19, 2007
- First published August 29, 2008.
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August 29, 2008
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