TO DO AWAY WITH ONESELF:

NOTES ON SELF-KILLING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF VIRTUE IN SUICIDE

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v10i5.44826

Keywords:

Suicide, Decision, Being-towards-death, Heidegger

Abstract

The objective of this work is to bring on philosophical notes to the important question of “to do away with oneself”, foundation of any exam of suicide and also euthanasia. Beyond the hideous coloring spread around self-killing over the centuries, especially from the Judeo-Christian culture, we try to delineate the possibility of a self-killing as a virtuous expression of being-there (Dasein), the most original truth of presence because the more authentic, which we call “to do away with oneself” or “deciding about oneself” (statuere de se). To carry out this endeavour, we first seek to briefly investigate the various nuances of this concept within Greek thought and then in Roman culture. In the third part of the essay, starting from an effort to appropriate the concept of being- toward-death (Sein zum Tode) and to die (Sterben) - in Martin Heidegger's philosophy - we concentrate our notes and argumentation on a "other" approach to the subject, emphasizing the possibility of suicide as a decision (Entschlossenheit), that is, a privileged mode of openness (Erschlossenheit) of being-there (Dasein).

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Author Biographies

João Cardoso de Castro, UNIFESO

Doutor em Bioética pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioética, Ética Aplicada e Saúde Coletiva - UFRJ, com período sanduíche [CAPES] na DePaul University (Chicago). Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2005) e mestrado em Educação em Ciências e Saúde pela UFRJ (2009). Atualmente é professor de Filosofia em cursos de graduação e Coordenador da Editora UNIFESO. Principais temas de atuação: filosofia antiga, Heidegger, fenomenologia, epistemologia, ética, bioética.

Murilo Cardoso de Castro

Possui graduação em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1976), mestrado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1996), doutorado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1999), com período sanduíche na Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 (1999) e doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2005).

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Published

2019-12-24

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 5 (2019)

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