Citation

Rottman J, Kelemen D. Behav. Brain Sci. 2014; 37(4): 375-376.

Affiliation

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,Boston University,Boston,MA 02215.rottman@bu.eduwww.joshuarottman.comdkelemen@bu.eduwww.bu.edu/childcognition.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X13003476

PMID

25162854

Abstract

While primarily identifying similarities between suicide terrorists and other suicidal individuals, Lankford also notes differences in how their actions are morally evaluated. Specifically, "conventional" suicide is stigmatized in a way that suicide terrorism is not. We identify the root of this condemnation, showing that suicide is intuitively considered impure and disgusting, and discuss implications of this purity-based stigma.

Language: en