Similarities Between Kant And John Stuart Mill On Suicide

Our world is divided into many different people, we have our scientists, doctors, biochemist, therapist, lawyers and philosophers just to name a few. Philosophy has brought to our knowledge many important people that we read about, listen too and admire in the world of Philosophy three people that I will be discussing are Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and William Paley on there thoughts of suicide,if we should take God’s name in vain, and Rule eight. These men are well know philosophers that have experienced and written many things to broaden our learning. That being said, philosophers are known to have strong ethics and moral beliefs and they stick to them. One topic that has been going around lately and has become quite an issue in young teens lives is Suicide. We bring up our first philosopher on his topic Immanuel Kant, on wether or not he thinks committing suicide is morally wrong. In Categorical Imperative his book, he mentions that suicide is like using human being as a means to an end, if we continue to commit suicide we are using ourselves as a means to an end. Kant believes that those who commit suicide are lesser than other human beings and that suicide is morally wrong an abominable act. What he means by categorical
In which case John Stuart Mill, had a whole new perspective on Suicide. He believes that as long as ones behavior isn’t threatening someone else's life that is should not be limited. Only if a patient has expressed consent or if patient has been diagnosed for as terminally ill for physician-assisted suicide should be okay, otherwise someone could ask for it simply, because they don't have any hope left. In the Utilitarianism by Mill, he provides knowledge and understanding of the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory. Also arguing that the pleasure can differ between people over quality and