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Suicide: bad act or good intervention.

C D Clements, R C Sider, R Perlmutter

Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior

|January 1, 1983

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This study reframes suicide ethics, arguing against labeling suicide as "good" or "bad." It proposes an ethics of intervention, prioritizing therapeutic values and empathy for individuals facing suicide.

Area of Science:

Bioethics
Clinical Psychology
Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

Traditional ethical frameworks struggle to categorize suicide as inherently good or bad.
Existing discourse often focuses on the morality of the act itself, rather than the justification for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel ethical perspective on suicide intervention.
To shift the focus from the ethics of suicide to the ethics of therapeutic intervention.

Main Methods:

Theoretical analysis grounded in value theory.
Clinical considerations from therapeutic practice.

Main Results:

Applying value judgments like "good" or "bad" to suicide is deemed inappropriate.

Keywords:

Analytical Approach Death and Euthanasia Mental Health Therapies Philosophical Approach

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Ethical justification for intervention stems from therapeutic values (e.g., well-functioning, human potential) and empathy.

Conclusions:

Advocates for a situational, case-centered ethics for suicide intervention.
Emphasizes the role of the therapeutic profession's values and empathy in guiding intervention decisions.