I’ve never really understood the notion that you are allowed to have control over every aspect of your life, except for when it ends. It seems really unfair to force someone to exist when they clearly don’t want to. Personally I don’t think life is for everyone, and that going to such strong efforts to talk someone out of it is often only done because they don’t want to experience grief over the person, or that they would miss them. In my experience of family or friends trying to talk me out of it, their reasoning was never in my best interest, but in theirs. Â It never seems to be about wanting the suicidal person to be able to live a happy life, and I think that’s bullshit. Please don’t try to talk me out of suicide just so you can be happy while I suffer unbearably.
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A-fuckin’-men.
“It’s your thing. Do what you wanna do.” as the Isley Bros. once sang. I hold this same belief in terms of self termination.
I very much agree with this. I still maintain that there should be places whose job it is to assist in suicide. This definitely ought to be a right.
“Do people have the right to kill themselves?”
Yes.
“I’ve never really understood the notion that you are allowed to have control over every aspect of your life, except for when it ends.”
You’re only allowed full control where it’s not impeded by others.
I try to advocate life and I honestly hope people give thought to their descions but in the end everyone has a choice and right to their own personhood
I wouldnt want to see anyone die, but if its what they feel is in their best interest, and what will make them ultimately happy them by all means find your peace friend.
Doesnt mean I wont try. I just wannna show people that its not the only decision, and they have a choice. I also want to show people do care.
But then again I never walked a mile in your shoes so I have no right ti tell you what to do with your life.
Best of luck mate.
@Greenz I agree, and I think it’s really shitty that assisted suicide for the general public (and even the terminally ill) is such a taboo.
I agree Please don’t try to talk me out of suicide just so you can be happy while I suffer unbearably let use end if we want to
do people have the right? yes yes they do. are people going to try to stop them? possibly. will their suicide attempt work? possibly. its a lot like peer preasure
Law allows suicide in some countries and prohibits it in other countries. But who cares about law, when their life is about to end anyways, right?
Do you have the moral right to suicide? Depends.
Just think about parents, they have an obligation to their children, and they definitely don’t have the moral right to suicide because they chose to get children knowing that they have to care for them for at least 18 years.
You can extend this to friendship as well: You choose to befriend someone and if you build up a relationship of trust you have an obligation to him/ her as well. The only question that remains is whether this obligation is stronger than the pain and suffering in your life.
An even more difficult question is whether children have an obligation to their parents, since they didn’t choose to be born. It depends on the parents: If they kick you out of their home when you turn 18 and demand to be paid when they retire, you can definitely say that your obligation to them has “expired”. But if they raise you with love and great effort you have some sort of responsibility to them. In this case not suiciding is definitely morally better than suiciding, but suicide CAN still be morally acceptable, if you are in great pain.
The weakest obligation you have is the one to society, and it rarely is a reason not to suicide. Some people argue that society invested resources into you and you are obliged to return these resources when you grow up. But I guess you can ignore this; in my opinion society (i.e. it’s people) is so immoral that it is pretty hypocrite of it to ask people to act morally, a thief wouldn’t ask you not to steal, would he?
Exactly.