Massimo Pigliucci's The Philosophy Of Suicide

In this essay I will be examining two completely different views with supporting and against some of the views on whether suicide is justified or not justified. I will examine the arguments from the readings of Charles Foster “Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction” and from Massimo Pigliucci’s article “The Philosophy of Suicide.” I will also argue that suicide can be justified and I will explain why I think the evidence I’ve collected favors in my opinion. Suicide has been around for many years and there has been disagreements on why suicide isn’t justified. Many people say suicide is a self-caused death which it can be if you smoke that can cause cancer or other health problems that could lead to your death or if you commit a crime so a higher authority will kill you those are both types of suicide. One can argue against suicide never being justified because if you attempt suicide and succeed then you have removed your ability to make a choice. By removing your ability to make a choice you are no longer in control against it. Also some believe that if you take your life you are saying you are more of a thing than a human because as a human you are …show more content…
He says people do not seek death just for death there are other reasons behind why they want to end their life such as an illness, psychological to avoid punishment from severe suffering, and avoid social shame. If people wanted to seek death just for death then there would be more suicides because I’m sure many people want to know what death is like or they just don’t have a reason to kill themselves. Pigliucci also says about how suicide could be valuable because of how a persons’ morals are. An example would be jumping in front of gun to save a fellow soldier to save his life or suicide bombings to save others. A person sacrificing themselves versus a person taking their own life definitely differs in the type of