(November 28, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 28, 2015 at 9:45 am)Vic Wrote: This, exactly.
Someone who is in enough pain to contemplate taking their own life just is not in the mental condition that would allow them to even consider the impact of their actions. That's to do with rationality, and someone overwhelmed with pain and emotions is hardly capable of thinking about it.
But as Benny points out, and rightly, in my opinion, the fact that one cannot see the moral dimensions of one's act doesn't not mean it isn't there.
Maybe so, but you'll never convince a suicidal person of any of that. They are not thinking about that. They are thinking about ending THEIR pain and THEIR suffering in THAT moment. Unless you've walked that walk, it's a hard concept to grasp.
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