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    David Hume in 'Of Suicide' argues that if we owe God grat... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The debt-of-gratitude variation of the gift analogy also fails to prohibit suicide, because disposing of one's life is not inconsistent with expressing gratitude for having lived.

    David Hume in 'Of Suicide' argues that if we owe God gratitude for life, that obligation is equally consistent with using life well and concluding it deliberately as with prolonging it passively.

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    Consistent with(describing whether a claim can be true given certain conditions)
    Compatible with or able to coexist with something without creating a logical contradiction.
    David Hume(as referenced in the statement)
    An 18th-century Scottish philosopher who argued that our desires and emotions, not reason alone, drive our actions and decisions.
    Of Suicide(the specific work being referenced)
    An essay written by Hume in which he challenges traditional religious and moral arguments against ending one's own life.
    gratitude(example of a particular emotion that can become religious)
    A response to a particular kind of situation in which the subject is the recipient of some benefit.
    obligation(Within obligational disputation)

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