Of Suicide
By Peter Rodman
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Is a person's decision to kill himself always wrong? Is his thinking irrational? Who has the right to stop him?
This is a continuation and expansion of David Hume's essay with the same name.
A modern-language version of David Hume's essay follows. A link is provided to the original essay.
Peter Rodman
Peter Rodman lives in Sacramento, California. He is generally considered to have more bad habits than good points. This need not be a concern, as you are welcome to read his stuff without ever actually meeting him. Please review what you read, whether you like it or not. Even a bad review is more helpful than silence.
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Of Suicide - Peter Rodman
Of Suicide
Including a Translation of David Hume’s Essay
by
Peter Rodman
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A Restatement of David Hume’s Of Suicide
in More Modern Language ©copyright 2015 Peter Rodman
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Table of Contents
An Irrational Decision?
The Most Good Or The Least Harm
Who Has Rights Over The Suicide's Life?
A Restatement of David Hume's Of Suicide
in More Modern Language
Contact the author
An Irrational Decision?
Most suicides (in the Western World) are called mentally ill. Or, if you prefer, the mentally ill commit most suicides. Suicide is considered an aberrant reaction to life. But is it?
Take another instance of a person walking towards death. A man sees a child stranded on an island in a rising, icy river. He decides to attempt to save her. Both of them die. Rather than being scorned as a suicide, the man is a hero. He's a hero because he was trying to save another life. Fair enough. His impulse was based on selflessness and was an attempt to aid society.
But suppose they survive. He is interviewed and explains his motives: I had to help, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't.
Or: "I wasn't afraid, until I got to