Questions:
1: Can you identify his ethical approach when it comes to determining whether suicide is a moral or immoral (not moral) action?
2: Is it objective or subjective?
3: Does he argue from a standpoint that takes the role of the emotions into consideration?
Answers:
1. Suicide cannot be considered as a moral action. A person may have failed in his life and had nothing to rely upon. However, that does not justify the morality of suicide. The life of an individual is a gift of almighty so he should value it. Society plays a vital role in grooming an individual. An individual has personal and professional bindings. He should always value it. Therefore, committing suicide is not the ultimate solution. A person should have the courage to face the troubles and deal with the problems instead of escaping from it. Committing suicide can never be a solution of ending the problems.
2. In today’s lifestyle, suicide can be considered as an objective phenomenon than a subjective aspect (Vaughn 2015). Suicidal tendencies are mostly seen in the adults, because of several stressful events like the death of loved ones, retirement, changes in livelihood and physical illness. All these matters are objective indicators. Studies have found that reason of most suicidal cases are unemployment, loneliness, and lack of community involvement (Talisse 2015). Some of the suicides are committed because of losing a loved one. Loneliness and depression are the prime cause of suicide in those cases. These reasons indicate it clearly that suicidal tendencies are more objective than subjective.
3. The author of the article did not argue from a standpoint which includes any emotion. Through this article, the author clearly and honestly described suicide as both moral and immoral action. The readers were allowed to choose their perspective.
References
Vaughn, L., 2015. Doing ethics: Moral reasoning and contemporary issues. WW Norton & Company.
Talisse, R.B., 2015. On Sidney Hook’s “The Ethics of Suicide”*. Ethics,125(2), pp.549-551.
