Suicidio e libertà

This essay argues for the moral legitimacy of suicide from a liberal perspective, starting with Hume's outstanding essay and ending with Camus, who argues that the sovereignty to decide one's own death coincides with a definition of freedom. The thesis is based on Mill's "harm principle" and is compared with "soft" (Feinberg) and "hard" versions of paternalism, with the "nudge movement" and with openly paternalistic or communitarian positions, with the aim of refuting them