The authors of the various scriptures do not appear to consider such actions a great mortal sin; they seem to regard them as straightforward personal decisions. ... Therefore, Suicide does not violate God's plan. ... Hume argues that there is no relevant difference between these sorts of things, which cause great changes in the natural order of things, and a person taking his own life, which could be seen as being a very small thing in the natural order. ... He differs in this principle from other philosophies that hold that suffering can be character building. ... Hume argues from...

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