Rational Action, Reasons, and Suicide
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0202-07-12
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There is no consensus on the existence of rational suicide in the literature, possibly because every author fails to use existing theories of rationality. The arguments and specifically the reasons they mention are analyzed using the ideas surrounding internalism and externalism. Some of the arguments state external reasons to conclude that suicide is (almost) never rational. It will be argued that this is incorrect as only internal reasons can explain why any (rational) action is performed. This means that the rationality of action depends on the agent's motivations, their beliefs, and their deliberation process. Since an agent could have (internal) reasons which might make a suicide rational, it is concluded that rational suicide exists.
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Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen