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> virtually all adults have the intellectual wherewithal to take their own lives Do they? It's one thing to say 'i dont want to live' or "i wish i was dead", a
by return0 10y ago
> virtually all adults have the intellectual wherewithal to take their own lives
Do they? It's one thing to say 'i dont want to live' or "i wish i was dead", and another to actually go through the processes to do that. Suicide killers for example, need a strong metaphysical motive and promise of reward to do that.
I often wonder if a man stranded alone in an island , without any societal pressures would ever consider suicide.
- anexprogrammer 10y ago> Do they? It's one thing to say 'i dont want to live' or "i wish i was dead", and another to actually go through the processes to do that I think everyone has the capability, just as they have to murder. That they have not found circumstance such that they can conceive of it taking place doesn't mean they can't. People discover surprising (for good and ill) things about themselves when pushed to their limits and beyond. > I often wonder if a man stranded alone in an island , without any societal pressures would ever consider suicide. Whilst they'd be free of debt collectors, divorce, job loss, shame and the various other factors that may increase suicide, they'd also have new factors. For instance perhaps the island has no, or inadequate food and water. If you had a revolver and the prospect of starving to death considering surely suicide may be considered? What of disease or serious injury?
- hansjorg 10y ago> Suicide killers for example, need a strong metaphysical motive and promise of reward to do that. There are many examples of suicide bombings without religious motivation and with non-religious perpetrators.