RE: SUICIDE AND MORALITY
December 12, 2016 at 8:11 pm
(This post was last modified: December 12, 2016 at 8:13 pm by henryp.)
I've never understood how suicide isn't viewed under the "My body, my choice" umbrella.
The only way I could see it being viewed as immoral (outside of religion) is if you have young'ish kids. Their existence is your doing, so an amount of obligation to not fuck them up by offing yourself seems reasonable.
Outside that, I'm fairly pro suicide. I think suicide prevention should be about making sure the person wants to do it, and making sure they've explored alternatives. Not trying to talk them out of it. Perhaps an age limit might be appropriate though.
I say that, because a lot of young people seem to do it, and the decision is pretty ill informed. The braces come off, the acne clears up, you lose the baby fat, you find some another uggo/weirdo who likes you, you get rich, college life is differnet, post college life is different, a drug fixes some brain imbalance, etc... Lots and lots of things have the potential to go right when you're young that can end with 60 good years. I always thought it odd, when a fat kid kills themselves over bullying. Seems like they'd give 'get shredded and show these assholes' a try. But I guess that goes to show how hard it is to get to the gym.
Back on point, if you've legitimately have a good idea what life has in store, and it's kind of shit, and you'd rather not...It seems like a valid choice.
Which brings me to why I don't like the general tact people take, which is to be selfish and try to guilt someone into staying alive. "Oh, I'll miss you." "Oh, you'll hurt people who love you!" Always struck me as awful for people to make you staying alive about them, and heap some guilt on the person to try and keep them from doing it. Your life is your own to live or not live as you see fit.
I predict in the future, my attitude will be much closer to the norm.
The only way I could see it being viewed as immoral (outside of religion) is if you have young'ish kids. Their existence is your doing, so an amount of obligation to not fuck them up by offing yourself seems reasonable.
Outside that, I'm fairly pro suicide. I think suicide prevention should be about making sure the person wants to do it, and making sure they've explored alternatives. Not trying to talk them out of it. Perhaps an age limit might be appropriate though.
I say that, because a lot of young people seem to do it, and the decision is pretty ill informed. The braces come off, the acne clears up, you lose the baby fat, you find some another uggo/weirdo who likes you, you get rich, college life is differnet, post college life is different, a drug fixes some brain imbalance, etc... Lots and lots of things have the potential to go right when you're young that can end with 60 good years. I always thought it odd, when a fat kid kills themselves over bullying. Seems like they'd give 'get shredded and show these assholes' a try. But I guess that goes to show how hard it is to get to the gym.
Back on point, if you've legitimately have a good idea what life has in store, and it's kind of shit, and you'd rather not...It seems like a valid choice.
Which brings me to why I don't like the general tact people take, which is to be selfish and try to guilt someone into staying alive. "Oh, I'll miss you." "Oh, you'll hurt people who love you!" Always struck me as awful for people to make you staying alive about them, and heap some guilt on the person to try and keep them from doing it. Your life is your own to live or not live as you see fit.
I predict in the future, my attitude will be much closer to the norm.
