%0 Journal Article
%A Carlo ALVARO
%D 2023
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%J Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology
%@ 2065-5002
%N 2
%V 18
%T God and Kant’s Suicide Maxim
%R 10.3726/CUL022021.0002
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1377633
%X Kant’s argument against suicide is widely dismissed by scholars and often avoided by teachers because it is deemed inconsistent with Kant’s moral philosophy. This paper attempts to show a way to make sense of Kant’s injunction against suicide that is consistent with his moral system. One of the strategies adopted in order to accomplish my goal is a de-secularization of Kant’s ethics. I argue that all actions of self-killing (or suicide) are morally impermissible because they are inconsistent with God’s established nature and order. It is argued that 
%K Kant, Suicide Maxim, Lying Promise, God’s Existence