Okay, I got a question. What exactly is suicide? Now the definition of suicide is: The intentional taking of ones own life. We all understand that. But what about the philosophical questions such as is taking your life to save another really suicide? Is jumping on a grenade to save the lives of many, suicide? Questions like those.
Lets say a physically healthy person goes to an ER, says I'm here to donate my organs, then kills themselves right there in the ER so their organs could be quickly harvested and be given to patients in need. Would the fact that this person took their own life to save the lives of several others be suicide? By true definition it would be a suicide since they intentionally took their own life, but from a philosophical standpoint, would it be a suicide?
Now I suppose you would have to take into account why this person this person would be doing this. Would they be taking their own life for the soul purpose of saving others? Or would they be taking their life for selfish reasons but felt that their death might as well allow others to live? Does one reason make it not a suicide while the other reason does?
Just a philosophical debate for fun…
Lets say a physically healthy person goes to an ER, says I'm here to donate my organs, then kills themselves right there in the ER so their organs could be quickly harvested and be given to patients in need. Would the fact that this person took their own life to save the lives of several others be suicide? By true definition it would be a suicide since they intentionally took their own life, but from a philosophical standpoint, would it be a suicide?
Now I suppose you would have to take into account why this person this person would be doing this. Would they be taking their own life for the soul purpose of saving others? Or would they be taking their life for selfish reasons but felt that their death might as well allow others to live? Does one reason make it not a suicide while the other reason does?
Just a philosophical debate for fun…