Yes, you read that correctly. I do hope your understanding coincides with mine.
Suicide
is an arrogant – not to mention an utterly selfish – act. Point
blank. I have no good words to offer in its defense. Although I may
not judge people who commit suicide, I condemn the act per se as
undignified and utterly devoid of love. Disclaimer: You have to
separate the persona from his actions, otherwise you'll overlook the
good deeds he accomplished during his lifetime. This is not an easy
mindset to adopt, but as they say “Blame the sin, not the sinner.”
Robin
Williams' apparent killing of himself has propelled me to revisit
certain tenets of “existential philosophy” and discuss the
ethical dimensions of suicide. I want to quote the greatest
existentialist philosophers of all time such as Kierkegaard,
Nietzsche and Camus and share to you their respective opinions on the
matter (just so you know, philosophy is merely an attempt to explore
the elusive truth), but I'm afraid doing so might make me lose sight
of my purpose. Also, this is not a hardline philosophy class where we
have to witness the teacher spout one nosebleed-inducing jargon after
another. That's not how my writing works.
