Kant's View On Suicide

In the end, suicide is often viewed from the public as an act of desperation from unsurmountable circumstances or the person is mentally unstable. As shown, a rational person can contemplate suicide. Thus, suicide should not be morally unacceptable in all situations. We have to look at the intentions of the reasons the person wishes to die as it might not be wrong in itself. Life is not often as simple as Kant’s argument would have on the duty to yourself, as suicide goes against the grain of morality and all humanity. Sometimes, unfortunate events happens such as sickness, loss of career, family, income to name a few which can make dealing with life very difficult and the notion to keep living at all cost can become too much to bear.