Moral Worth In St. Augustine's City Of God

In this essay, I will further argue with St. Augustine's perspective that moral worth is considered an internal concept while the suicide of shame is a sin. St. Augustine's pioneering work, City of God, depicted a political point of Rome plundered by certain groups of people which pagans believed, under Constantine, the Roman Empire decided to intake Christianity rather than withstand paganism. The first book of the City of God is organized into many sections that are subdivided to focus on the deaths of many people living in the empire. St. Augustine attempts to respond to numerous exigencies revolving many aspects in a Christian manner. He wishes to distinguish himself from other philosophers in regards to the suicide of Lucretia. By doing this he incorporates his own view of the suicide and corresponds it with murder which is oddly shocking to others. Consequently, St. Augustine's belief of suicide triggers two incoherent
Augustine's pioneering work City of God touches on the roots of shame and worth in relation to many fatal-like stories. He describes that in the story of Lucretia her committing suicide was to relieve her from her tragic event but instead pronounces that she violated the ninth commandment of killing an innocent person. St. Augustine compares the consecrated and virgin women who were also violated but withstood their tribulations because their body is sanctified and so is their will. He makes it apparent that he does not consent to their raping but attempts to prevent those from committing suicide because that is a sin within itself. Society argues that he has no right to announce what Lucretia did a sin but I believe his main goal is to reach out to those who wish to end their life and give reason to why they should save it. People have the choice to allow moral worth to be an internal concept rather than relying on external factors to determine one's worth rather than feeling shame which is a sin resulting to