Kant on Suicide and Law

What is it about?

This paper argues that Kant's opposition to suicide stems from his sense that a suicidal subject is essentially ungovernable, or subject to no law.

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Why is it important?

It offers a secular argument that suicide is immoral, insofar as suicides exempt themselves from moral community; it recasts moral opposition to suicide as less punishing condemnation and more insistence on the commitments that make us legible to and connected with each other.