TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Virgin suicide and vital conflicts
JO  - The national Catholic bioethics quarterly
A1  - Hollowell, Anthony Paul
SP  - 281
EP  - 296
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
N2  - When threatened with rape, is it permissible for a virgin to commit suicide so that she might preserve her virginity? Both St. John Chrysostom and St. Ambrose allowed for suicide in these situations because they considered it a martyrdom, but St. Augustine argued that such an act is always illicit unless commanded by God, a teaching later adopted by St. Thomas Aquinas. In this paper, these arguments will be presented and then applied to cases of vital conflict, which involve many of the same principles disputed by these Doctors of the Church. This article contributes to the discussion of vital conflicts by reinforcing its patristic and Thomistic foundation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1532-5490
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -