Criminal aspects of suicides committed for religious motives

Criminal Aspects on Cryonics

Eternity is a human basic instinct so he does his best for it. Cryonics is a hypnotically way for life extension via cooling patient body with purpose of recovering and curing in future. This method raised various criminal problems which have roots in patient status of life or death. The author firstly believes that doing cryonic does not amount to death, murder or inflicting bodily harm; so pe...

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Suicides Committed in Medellin, Colombia.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of individuals who committed suicide in Medellín between 2008 and 2010, and to identify variables related to the type of events. METHODS A retrospective and descriptive analysis was conducted on data provided by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. In addition, a univariate and bivariate analys...

Aspects of reductionism in religious studies

  Reductionism is a major methodological mistake in research and generally in thought; because it can pose as an obstacle to comprehensive views about the researched issue. This issue is more tangible in religious phenomena - due to the multidimensional entity of this subject – and can be more destructive. A researcher through focusing on one role and aspect of religion and concentrating on a ...

Religious aspects of assisted reproduction

Human response to new developments regarding birth, death, marriage and divorce is largely shaped by religious beliefs. When assisted reproduction was introduced into medical practice in the last quarter of the twentieth century, it was fiercely attacked by some religious groups and highly welcomed by others. Today, assisted reproduction is accepted in nearly all its forms by Judaism, Hinduism ...

Cultural Aspects of Criminal Responsibility