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The morality of martyrdom and the stigma of suicide.
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Aug; 37(4):375-6.BB

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.

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Rottman J
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215. rottman@bu.edu http://www.joshuarottman.com
Kelemen D
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215. dkelemen@bu.edu www.bu.edu/childcognition

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FemaleHumansMaleSuicideTerrorism

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Journal Article
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eng

PubMed ID

25162854

Citation

Rottman, Joshua, and Deborah Kelemen. "The Morality of Martyrdom and the Stigma of Suicide." The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 37, no. 4, 2014, pp. 375-6.
Rottman J, Kelemen D. The morality of martyrdom and the stigma of suicide. Behav Brain Sci. 2014;37(4):375-6.
Rottman, J., & Kelemen, D. (2014). The morality of martyrdom and the stigma of suicide. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(4), 375-6. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13003476
Rottman J, Kelemen D. The Morality of Martyrdom and the Stigma of Suicide. Behav Brain Sci. 2014;37(4):375-6. PubMed PMID: 25162854.
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