SCS 1150 Lecture 9: ASSISTED SUICIDE Lecture (continued)
6 Dec 2016
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Who is st. paul: church father during the rst century, came up with the idea of obedient until death and be patient and endure pain . Who is thomas aquinas: church father during the 4th and 5th centuries, all forms of killing, euthanasia, everything, is banned. , suicide deprives society of the roles we have to play. , suicide goes against natural law. , suicide offends god . Why was thomas aquinas thinking remaining: for 700 years after he stated those things, people followed because if you committed suicide anyways, they would hang you and drag your body down the streets. Your body could be thrown in a river. They repeated the exact same things as what thomas said. What moral distinctions were people making: innocent / non-innocent distinction, intent/ foreseen distinction. They use to make a lot of exceptions to be able to kill whoever they want.
