RE: jack kevorkian and jenna jamison
July 17, 2012 at 4:17 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2012 at 4:29 pm by Tempus.)
A morality that has nothing to do with alleviating suffering seems silly to me. The people who support the war on drugs, the outlawing of prostitution, advocating against contraception, etc., seem to scarcely measure their principled intentions against reality.
In regards to suicide I think the individual needs to be well informed and thinking at least somewhat straight (as opposed to highly emotional). I think sometimes people are too keen to say "it's their decision," but we could equally say that of children about to do stupid stuff like walk off a cliff or light themselves on fire. Someone who is severely depressed is compromised / vulnerable and liable to make emotionally motivated decisions. I'm only speaking from my own experience though.
In regards to suicide I think the individual needs to be well informed and thinking at least somewhat straight (as opposed to highly emotional). I think sometimes people are too keen to say "it's their decision," but we could equally say that of children about to do stupid stuff like walk off a cliff or light themselves on fire. Someone who is severely depressed is compromised / vulnerable and liable to make emotionally motivated decisions. I'm only speaking from my own experience though.
