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KANT O PROBLEMU SAMOUBISTVA
Kant on Suicide

Author(s): Sandra Radovanović
Subject(s): Social Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, German Idealism
Published by: АЛФА БК УНИВЕРЗИТЕТ
Keywords: Kant; Hume; duties; suicide; morals; rationality

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents Kant’s view on suicide which he considers, above all, a violation of a duty toward ourselves and, therefore, immoral. Since in Kant’s ethical sistem this duty is perfect, suicide is even self-contradictory, which is a much stronger thesis because Kant thereby denies this act rationality. For David Hume, on the other hand, suicide as a rational and deliberate decision of an individual, has nothing inherently wrong, neither logically nor morally. My point of view is much closer to Hume’s and I will try to argue that, contrary to Kant, suicide can be perceived as a rational decision of an individual.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 269-278
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian
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