Consider the following case In time of war a soldier is capt

Consider the following case: In time of war, a soldier is captured, interrogated, and subjected to torture. Feeling unable to resist any longer, but determined not to yield any information that would endanger the lives of his comrades, he hangs himself.
1) In your view, is the soldier\'s action correctly described as suicide? Why/why not?
2) Would Kant regard the soldier\'s action as morally permissible? Why/why not?
3) Would Brandt regard the soldier\'s action as morally permissible? Why/why not?

Solution

Yes it is a suicide as the soldier has hung himself.

Kants philosophy states that rightness or wrongness of actions depends whether duty is fulfilled or not...So it\'s permissible

Brandt proposed that an act is right it is not prohibited by society...So as per him it\'s morally not permissible