(December 18, 2014 at 5:48 am)bennyboy Wrote:(December 18, 2014 at 4:21 am)robvalue Wrote: In practical terms, and ethical terms, I think education is the only way forward. Any action should be to "protect someone from themselves", but not to be confused with enforcing prolonged suffering of someone who no longer wants to live.
(December 18, 2014 at 3:10 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: I think education is the only possible way forward of the three options presented.
No offense, but I don't think you guys are being realistic. How do you "educate" against manic depression, or schizophrenia, or the extreme imbalances caused by drug addiction and withdrawal?
If someone isn't thinking straight, and they want to kill themselves, you have to prevent them from killing themselves, because they may straighten out later, find value and joy in their lives, become productive (and enlightened because of the obstacles they've overcome) members of society.
I grant that you can't educate someone back to sanity, but not all suicides are a result of mental illness (in the clinical sense).
