Albert Camus Essay On Suicide

PHILOSOHY ON SUCIDE Albert Camus once said, “There is but one truly serious philosophy problem, and that is suicide judging whether life is or not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy…”. Suicide is a serious issue in today's world that we tend to avoid. American foundation for suicide prevention studies show that 44,193 die of suicide each year in America. Leaving many philosophers with controversial questions surrounding this topic. Amongst these questions are: what makes a person suicidal? Is suicide morally wrong, or morally under certain circumstances? Throughout this essay I will view the idea of different schools of philosophy and philosophers who have attempted to answer these questions. From the school of rationalism Plato implies his philosophy of suicide in Phaedo. In Phaedo, Plato states that suicide is morally wrong because it removes one prematurely from situations in which god has placed us in. However, Plato finds four exceptions that gives one the right to take his or her own life. I) When the individual’s mind is morally corrupt. II) When it is done of a judicial order. III) When it is compelled by extreme unavoidable misfortune. IV) As a result of shame for having carried out immoral actions. …show more content…
In all the actions we employ our powers of mind and body to produce some innovation in the course of nature; and in none of them we do any more. They are all of the therefore equally innocent, or equally criminal” In which Humes is arguing that if one’s conditions are sufficiently ominous we may be more of a burden to society, therefore making suicide helpful to those around them. Also, making it a rational thing to do if our conditions are bad enough then suicide is actually helpful to