Keywords
contemporary society
acient Rome
How to Cite
Abstract
In our contemporary world, the act of taking one's own life involves aspects wich are, in general, considered wrong. This study shows the different attitudes assumed by Western tradition in considering such an act. A special accent is made on the attitude prevalent in ancient Rome, where this was seen as a way to preserve personal dignity and assert one's individual freedom. The social conditions in which such an act occurred are analyzed here, in order to compare them with the presente situation, both in the taking of one's own life, and in dying, in general. A new manner of approaching such an experience is proposed, which implies educational processes and non-negative attitudes; this position justifies the use of the terco autothanasia instead of suicide.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
Approving the intervention of the work (review, copy-editing, translation, layout) and the following outreach, are granted through an use license and not through an assignment of rights. This means the journal and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana cannot be held responsible for any ethical malpractice by the authors. As a consequence of the protection granted by the use license, the journal is not required to publish recantations or modify information already published, unless the errata stems from the editorial management process. Publishing contents in this journal does not generate royalties for contributors.