Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ONE The Ancient World

TWO Religion Rejects Suicide

THREE To Be or Not to Be: New Questions in the Rise of Modernism

FOUR Secular Philosophy Defends Suicide

FIVE The Argument of Community

SIX Modern Social Science on Community and Influence

SEVEN Hope for Our Future Selves

EIGHT The Twentieth Century’s Two Major Voices on Suicide

NINE Suffering and Happiness

TEN Modern Philosophical Conversations

Conclusion

Notes

Index