Argument Of Morality

IV. Some would say that there are religious issues with suicide, but according to “Clarifying Christianity” the Bible speaks in Exodus (20) verse 1-17 that we should not murder. That is often taken out of context and one cannot simply murder their own self.

Physician-assisted suicide is arguably one of the most controversial subjects to discuss or read about within our society. This paper will examine both sides of this discussion, from the aspect of the patient choosing to end their own life based on the quality of their remaining life. Also, the religious factors of the medical staff involved and the moral and ethical duty of the doctors to preserve the life of the patient if there are still means available.

Actually, suicide is forbidden that considered as one of the greatest sins after polytheism, according to Islam. As God says ” O you who have believed … and do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful …” (Quran 17:70).

James Rachels' article, "Morality is Not Relative," is incorrect, he provides arguments that cannot logically be applied or have no bearing on the statement of contention. His argument, seems to favor some of the ideas set forth in cultural relativism, but he has issues with other parts that make cultural relativism what it is.

Statement of Significance: Suicide or “self-killing” or “an act of taking one’s own life” according to Robert M. Martin. Now committing suicide is very common in nowadays anyone could be in danger of doing it, your mom, dad, brother, sister, uncle, and aunt could be going through this hard stage. I will tell you the main causes of suicide, the signs of

The Chinese population has an ancient custom to drown newborn girls if they think they will have a useless life. Every life is worth giving a chance. The choice to die should be given to the mother when the baby is born, only if the baby is in critical care and may not make it. That should be the only time for a newborn to be killed, is to put it out of its misery. In Islam, the Christians society believes assisted suicide is an account of murder. Many regions believe the patient who committed the suicide and the physician, or person assisting the act, should both go to hell. They say, “God brought us into this world and he will take us out when he is ready.” God does everything for a reason, so when people commit suicide it might be God actually doing it to show that their life is over. When people take their lives they think they are killing themselves but it is actually God killing them or it wouldn’t happen. People die in many different ways and everyone is going to die eventually so the way a person dies should not matter. There are also many cultures that believe in assisted suicide They believe people have the right to end their life, only if they are suffering and their condition will only get worse. The Dutch are one of the many cultures that believe this. They think it’s easier to end a persons agonizing life so the family and other people in there life will

Basically, suicide is generalized as a crime in some jurisdiction. There are some view from each of different religion in this world such as from the view of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism and Islam. From Buddhism’s view, they believe that our past influences our present which is whatever we do in the past or in present, will affect our future either in physical life or the life after the death as what has been taught by Gautama Buddha. It is also called as ‘karma’. In this religion, they believe that people suffer their life because their past’s negative deeds or it just from being in samsara which is the cycle of birth and death besides, it is due to impermanence.

The Merriam-Webster definition of suicide is “the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally;” in some religions, this is a ritual act (“Suicide”). Jainism is a religion found worldwide, with the greatest following in India, that practices Sallekhana: fasting until death. Among the well-known suicide risk factors however, religion is not included. An individual partaking in this voluntary practice is deeply respected in Jain communities but highly misunderstood by outsiders. Fasting to death as a religious ritual and other methods of suicide are viewed differently amongst communities based on the function it serves for them.

The topic of whether or not suicide is lawful is very popular among both ancient and modern philosophers. Two of the most notable minds to opposing the issue include St. Thomas Aquinas and Immanuel Kant. Both men come from different worlds separated by the centuries. Even though they both oppose lawful suicide; they approach the topic in differing ways. I will analyze both of their arguments, compare the similarities and differences, as well as provide my own though which I find to be most agreeable.

They believe that assisted suicide crosses the moral border into government-condoned killing. The Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions all seem to strictly discourage assisted suicide, as well as all types of suicide. They stress that life is God's alone to give, and God's alone to take (Van Biema 61). Traditional Christian beliefs against suicide were first affirmed by Thomas Aquinas, a writer in the early thirteenth century. He emphasized that suicide (and assisted suicide) violates one's natural desire to live, harms other people, and that life is God's gift to give and take (OCRT 2). Not all religions are against suicide, either. Hinduism promotes the taking of one's own life instead of living with dishonor (Flanders 49).

In the Jain religious community it is seen as the best way to die, giving the person very good Karma, and therefore leads to a better next life. It has always been a contested subject amongst people of other faiths but nonetheless a revered religious tradition. Recently, as governments and citizens are becoming less traditional, it has been questioned whether or not Sallekhana is a form of suicide that as such should be discouraged. This is not the

The term Euthanasia is derived from the Greek words, Eu (good) and Thanatosis (death) meaning a very gentle and easy death. The definition of euthanasia has now come down to “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.” Therefore, this term can be also called “mercy killing”. In this sense euthanasia means the active or inactive death of a patient. This form of “easy death” for hopeless and suffering patients has been around since ancient ages as, Mesopotamia strictly forbade euthanasia following the sixth commandment “thou shall not kill”, India practiced it by drowning incurable patients in the Ganges

Suicide is mainly frowned upon in the western world whereas in Japan suicide may be seen as something which is noble and required to protect honour which the continuation of life would invalidate. The passage of time has also seen the emergence and rejection of different attitudes. During the persecution of Christians in Rome it was perceived as acceptable that a Christian virgin should commit suicide rather than be deflowered, raped by a Roman soldier. The Romans and Greeks both had the opinion that suicide was a responsible socially acceptable and sometimes necessary course of action, Socrates drank hemlock in the company of his friends. In certain parts of rural India it is still permissible for the wife of a deceased man to commit suicide by throwing herself onto his funeral pyre.

Suicide does not show up in the Bible but there are a few cases of people who committed suicide like Judas. Scriptural writers neither denounce nor adulate those whom they recorded as having taken their own lives (Gearing et al. 2009). The perspective of suicide as a sin rules current Christian states of mind over the different denominations like Catholics, Baptists, and Protestants. The sin of suicide is likened with different types of taking life, for example, abortion and murder (Maris et al. 2000). When a person dies, he/she aces judgement by

that the life of man can be reclaimed only by God Himself. They feel that suffering