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The rationality of suicide bombers: There is a little bit of crazy in all of us

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2014

Valerie Gray Hardcastle
Valerie Gray Hardcastle*
Affiliation:
Departments of Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45212. [email protected]
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Abstract

Despite Lankford's descriptions of escapist suicide victims as being unstable, they were making rational decisions, based on their current knowledge and values. Similarly, those who are allegedly indirectly suicidal are not different from other risk-takers. The psychological differences between those who engage in suicidal attacks and those who do not are less than most of us would prefer.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , August 2014 , pp. 371 - 372
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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