The Ethics of Suicide

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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/essays/310-the-ethics-of-suicide
 
BidenPresident said:
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/essays/310-the-ethics-of-suicide
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Make sure to tell the class what Camus ultimately suggested in the book.
 
Do you have the right to harm the collective by doing suicide? The Christians always said that you dont.
 
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.
 
BidenPresident said:
So, you did not understand your own comment.
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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.
 
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