Philosophy 2073F/G Lecture Notes - Existentialism, Truism, Stobaeus
23 Apr 2014
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Do you have reasons to not kill yourself. If you do, then when, under what circumstances, can this obligation be superseded? (this supposes that there is an obligation by using the word if ) No philosopher has given a convincing argument against suicide. Believes there might be good reasons to commit suicide. However, he does not endorse suicide: it is seen as an irrational thing to do, schopenhauer thinks that this is false, there can be good reasons. Stoics: can imagine certain circumstances when it is okay to commit suicide. There are certain societies that see suicide as an honorable thing to do but in most societies it is seen as a bad thing. Suicide might be rational in some cases, but that doesn"t mean that one should do it. That the good must quit life when their misfortunes are too great, but the bad also when their good fortune is too great. (stobaeus)
