@article{ref1,
title="A life worth leaving: Fasting to death as telos of a Jain religious life",
journal="Economy and society",
year="2005",
author="Laidlaw, J.",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="178-199",
abstract="This paper describes the practice of fasting to death in the Indian religion of Jainism. It shows how and why this form of self-killing is a highly regarded and publicly celebrated positive aspiration in Jainism. Through comparisons with some other forms of self-killing found in South Asia, it highlights the moral complexities of issues around volition and agency. And it illustrates how the practice embodies positions on some universal ethical issues. Copyright © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0308-5147",
doi="10.1080/03085140500054545",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03085140500054545"
}