PHIL 1165 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Assisted Suicide, John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant
11 Oct 2016
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Brain death, euthanasia, and physician assisted suicide: physician assisted suicide i. Intentional, uncoerced, self caused death: history of suicide, ancient // classic views i. Disgraceful with exceptions: corruption of mind, judicial order, extreme misfortune or shame ii. Aristotle: may be with respect to the person since it is a personal choice but it may be unjust in respect to the state iii. Stoics: suicide may be appropriate where a person has lived a full life, the judeo-christian tradition i. ii. Augustine - 5th commandment: thou shalt not kill, forbids self-destruction, aquinas, suicide is contrary to self love b, violates duty to god. Injures the community: enlightenment//modern period i. ii. iii. Immanuel kant: deontological argument, how you treat yourself is how you treat others, to justify suicide is to justify killing iv. John stuart mill: people are on liberty to do as they will with their lives until it affects the lives of others // the general happiness v.
