The problem of suicide in the teachings of the Catholic Church

Authors

  • Ruslan Piasta PHEI "Ivano-Frankivsk Academy of Ivan Zolotousty"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52761/2522-1558.2022.17.7

Keywords:

suicide, statistics, Scripture, sin, deed, person, Church, Tradition, morality, ethics, responsibility, freedom

Abstract

The article studies the problem of the suicide in the moral and ethical teachings of the Catholic Church and the statistics of this phenomenon in Ukraine. A number of problems of socio-ethical nature related to this issue are also highlighted. The problem of the suicide and the question of the relationship between freedom and human responsibility are analyzed in the light of the biblical commandment «Thou shalt not kill».

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Published

2022-05-30

How to Cite

П’яста, Р. (2022). The problem of suicide in the teachings of the Catholic Church. Good Parson: Scientific Bulletin of Ivano-Frankivsk Academy of John Chrysostom. Theology. Philosophy. History, (17), 70–86. https://doi.org/10.52761/2522-1558.2022.17.7

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