Is suicide wrong?

[pocaracas]

[Losty]

Simple answer, no. Though as a mother I think if you have kids who depend on you you should at least make arrangements for them. Maybe find someone who can take them and go ahead and move them and sign papers and stuff.

[Minimalist]

It's a cultural issue.

[paulpablo]

I don't know why people keep saying no it's not wrong but it depends on the context, if it depends on the context then surely the simple answer isn't no at all, the simple answer is it depends on the context.

If Billy Bob the heroin addict with children decides he's a bit depressed due to the drugs he's taking then kills himself on purpose with an overdose then surely that's just one example of someone who shouldn't have killed themselves, they should have chose to try and kick the drug habit instead.

I don't think suicide is wrong all the time but I wouldn't say a simple no answer is enough to answer the question is suicide wrong at all, I think it is wrong sometimes. Some people have manic bouts of depression, drug issues, relationship problems, family problems, money problems and get over emotional and think about suicide but a lot of these problems just pass in a lot of these situations.

[kılıç_mehmet]

Well, I'm sometimes tempted to look at suicide from a way that most people would find immoral. That those who do not have the ability to handle pressure, are not worthy to live. Good riddence.
But then, I remember that I'm actually against suicide in any way.
I believe that a person should try to face the pressure. Not alone, of course, you can always count on your family, friends, or even perhaps a total stranger when you wish to end your life, due to one reason or the other.
I have seen people that have endured things that most people whom I know that had, thankfully, failed suicide attempts never had to. Most were not really people who had much of a responsibility in life, they were never hungry, never missed a roof on their head, yet they still attempted suicide.
Of course, one may never know what goes through the head of a person.
But I believe that everyone should be thankful for what they have at the moment, even the slightest breath, and in that way, no one would be unhappy.

[Chad32]

I have heard people say they look down on individuals that contemplate suicide, as if they're cowards or something. It's definitely a way of looking at it, albeit cold.

[Napoléon]

I have heard people say they look down on individuals that contemplate suicide, as if they're cowards or something. It's definitely a way of looking at it, albeit cold.

People with such a lack of compassion make me sad for humanity.

[kılıç_mehmet]

Well, those people are called "psychopaths". They lack compassion and a wide range of other things. They are mere parodies of humans, they have the husk, but the soul is nonexistent.

[Losty]

Well, those people are called "psychopaths". They lack compassion and a wide range of other things. They are mere parodies of humans, they have the husk, but the soul is nonexistent.

By "these people" I will assume you were including yourself considering the complete lack of compassion and empathy in your previous post. Though, I would say sociopath not psychopath, but that's just me.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

No, suicide can never be wrong. It is, however, often sadly unnecessary.

Boru

QFT.