David Hume's Argument On Suicide
Philosophy – IA If death is the perpetual and permanent end of our existence, the question comes up, if suicide is morally right or wrong. Should death even be feared? Suicide rates are increasing, in fact, 2015; there was a suicide rate of 11.4 per 100,000 people, or in perspective, 800,000 in the world. My standpoint on suicide is that it is morally acceptable to do it under any circumstances. As living humans, we are natural scared of death. We not know what life after death is, or even if there is anything for us after we die in the world. One viewpoint on death from the philosopher Hume states, that “man dares not commit suicide because of a vain fear he lest offend his maker”. According to Hume, God established the laws of nature and enabled all animals, including man, to use this gift given to us. Given these circumstances, man should be able to use his gift as any way we need to preserve our happiness. If man feels the need to commit suicide, I say, so be it. Even looking at this from a religious viewpoint, suicide should be morally permissible.
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However, for Hume, he believes a person does no harm in committing suicide but he “merely ceases to do well”. I would assume that we all have an obligation to do good in our world, and if to good means to harm ourselves to death, then there should be no reason why suicide is wrong. Hume even argues that in some cases “a person may have become a burden to society, and so actually do most food by committing suicide”. Hume argues that suicide is better than morally neutral, it is morally
However, for Hume, he believes a person does no harm in committing suicide but he “merely ceases to do well”. I would assume that we all have an obligation to do good in our world, and if to good means to harm ourselves to death, then there should be no reason why suicide is wrong. Hume even argues that in some cases “a person may have become a burden to society, and so actually do most food by committing suicide”. Hume argues that suicide is better than morally neutral, it is morally