TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - What is it to commit suicide? JO - Ratio A1 - Hill, D.J. SP - 192 EP - 205 VL - 24 IS - 2 N2 - In this article I defend a new definition of what it is to commit suicide: (D) A commits suicide by performing an act x if and only if A intends that he or she kill himself or herself by performing x (under the description 'I kill myself'), and this intention is fully satisfied. The definition has some surprising implications: various real-life examples often referred to as 'suicides' (e.g. 'suicide bombers') may well turn out not to be suicides after all. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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