Hume Concludes That Suicide Does Not Violate Our Duties to God

question 3

Multiple Choice

Hume concludes that suicide does not violate our duties to God because

• A) suicide is not fundamentally different from other self-interested actions that evidently do not violate our duties to God.
• B) God is too merciful to punish someone for suicide.
• C) the Bible contains passages sympathetic to suicide.
• D) suicide does not count as 'murder' according to religious authorities.

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