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Philosophize This!

Episode #062 ... Kant pt. 7 - Suicide

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.816.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the morality of suicide. We begin by questioning our own biases and assumptions about suicide and where they come from. Next, we examine suicide from a Christian perspective by considering the arguments posed by St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Finally, we discuss the perspectives of enlightenment thinkers Hume, Voltaire, and Kant and ultimately discover that suicide may not be as easy to categorize as many people think. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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Do you guys know it's illegal to commit suicide?

0:42.1

It's illegal to commit suicide.

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Well, it's been taken off the books in some places because I must have realized how hilariously

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pointless that law is.

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But nonetheless, all throughout history, it was a felony under English common law for the

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longest time.

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For most time periods and most cultures throughout history, suicide has been illegal.

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Like that has been a law on the books.

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You are not allowed to commit suicide.

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Now, I might be spoiling the ending to the episode here a little bit, but suicide's an

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