--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_...@...> wrote: <snip> > Also, St. Aquinas (he may have gotten it from > Plato) came up with a logical principle to > follow regarding moral questions. The action > that one takes to correct or answer a moral > question should be inherently "good" in itself. > If the action is inherently "evil", then the > action should not be taken. In this case, the > act of taking one's own life (suicide) is > inherently "evil".
Yeah, but you haven't established that the notion that suicide is inherently "evil" is logical rather than just a belief. If it's just a belief, it's not logical, and neither is the argument. (BTW, "not logical" = alogical, not illogical.)
