An agent who takes his own life acts in violation of the moral law, according to Kant; suicide,
and, by extension, assisted suicide are therefore wrong. By a similar argument, and with a …

This article argues that Kant's moral philosophy prohibits suicide in medical contexts in
which end-of-life treatment decisions are made. Kant's central argument against suicide is …

Thanks to recent scholarship, Kant is no longer seen as the dogmatic opponent of suicide
that he appears to be at first glance. However, some interpreters have recently argued for a …

In the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant argues that under either of two
formulations of the Categorical Imperative, taking one's own life is contrary to the moral law …

Most interpretations of Kant on suicide agree that he finds all suicides immoral. Yet, there
are instances in which Kant does not seem to view all suicides as morally reprehensible …

Aside from one unfortunate phrase, I find the thrust of Dennis Cooley's analysis of the moral
duty of the soon-to-be demented to commit suicide to be consistent with both Kant's writing …

SELF-REGARDING SUICIDE: A MODIFIED KANTIAN VIEW Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Ph. D.
University of California, Los Angeles oral debates about suicide typically focus on the …

To Immanuel Kant, a person's life was certainly of greater moral importance to the universe
than that of the oyster, so much so that Kant held that we rational agents are subject to a …

Is there a morally significant distinction between killing and letting die? In particular, is killing
worse, in itself, than letting die? This question has received much attention in recent years …

The concepts of autonomy as the self governance of individuals and dignity as the inner
worth of human beings play an important role in contemporary bioethics. Since both notions …