PHL281H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mind, List Of Natural Horror Films, Builder'S Old Measurement
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Kant says that once we abstract from our passive side, we have a common active, rational capacity. In acting on this active capacity, you, according to kant, are acting on your categorial imperative. Once morality is thought of in these terms, it is clear that suicide is a moral wrong insofar as it is a contradiction. Here, you can accept kant"s general premise but negate that it follows that suicide is not allowed in these cases. Aquinas tries to appeal to our passive side to describe how it can help guide us on our search for life. He says that in search for the meaning of life, we can appeal to our passive side (viz. our nature). In particular, our natural instinct for life means that we should not kill ourselves. He looks at how we are, and concludes from there how we ought to behave: hume says that you cannot conclude an ought from an is.
