The Ethics of Suicide

[BidenPresident]

In The Myth of Sisyphus, the 20th century French-Existentialist Albert Camus wrote, “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest— whether the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories—comes afterwards.”

https://www.philosophersmag.com/essa...ics-of-suicide

[Saint Guinefort]

In The Myth of Sisyphus, the 20th century French-Existentialist Albert Camus wrote, “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest— whether the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories—comes afterwards.”

https://www.philosophersmag.com/essa...ics-of-suicide

Make sure to tell the class what Camus ultimately suggested in the book.

[BidenPresident]

Make sure to tell the class what Camus ultimately suggested in the book.

What book? It was an essay. It is easy to show up your ignorance.

[IBDaMann]

Nobody who commits suicide cares one way or the other.

[BidenPresident]

Nobody who commits suicide cares one way or the other.

They care about ending their suffering.

[Hawkeye10]

They care about ending their suffering.

They may or may not be suffering, this must be established on a case by case basis, dont assume.

[BidenPresident]

They may or may not be suffering, this must be established on a case by case basis, dont assume.

Why would a happy person commit suicide? For once, answer a direct question.

[Hawkeye10]

Do you have the right to harm the collective by doing suicide? The Christians always said that you dont.

[BidenPresident]

Do you have the right to harm the collective by doing suicide? The Christians always said that you dont.

Christians are wrong.

[Hawkeye10]

This thread reminds me of Bill McDonald, who wanted to do suicide but he was very concerned with getting into Heaven. He then spent 20ish years destroying his body with mountains of salt, Christian Brothers Brandy and Kool unfiltered cigarettes before dying. He expected this to work.

[IBDaMann]

They care about ending their suffering.

If they care about ending their suffering, they haven't committed suicide.

[BidenPresident]

If they care about ending their suffering, they haven't committed suicide.

Sorry, what does that sentence mean?

[IBDaMann]

Sorry, what does that sentence mean?

I apologize, that sentence carries logic and I should have remembered the level of my target audience. Just disregard.

[BidenPresident]

I apologize, that sentence carries logic and I should have remembered the level of my target audience. Just disregard.

So, you did not understand your own comment.

[IBDaMann]

So, you did not understand your own comment.

I did understand it. I'm not surprised that you did not. I think it would be a waste of time trying in vain to explain it to you so I'm happy with you simply not understanding it. I can understand your frustration at being unable to grasp really easy stuff, but we all have to draw the line somewhere.