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You're telling someone who finds their life to be so unendurable that they need to be more considerate? Hell yeah it's selfish. And for a lot of people that do
by trophycase 8y ago
You're telling someone who finds their life to be so unendurable that they need to be more considerate? Hell yeah it's selfish. And for a lot of people that do it, it's one of the few times they've done something for themselves. Everybody should have a right to die, and in a world where lives are constantly getting longer and society more oppressive with its demands, the right to die should be fundamental.
- chatmasta 8y agoWhat about the argument that your rights are inalienable until they infringe upon the rights of others? Do people who care about me, or the people who invested so much time and money in raising me, not have a right to keep me in their life? By taking your own life you force people who care about you into a state of grief. I do not believe anyone has the right to force emotional distress onto another person. I understand that from the perspective of someone who is suicidal, they might feel that they have nobody who cares about them, or that the people who do “would be better off” without the suicidal person in their life. But that thought alone is misguided and certainly not a justification for engaging in such a selfish act. Regardless of how the suicidal person feels, the people who care about them will be harmed by the suicide.
- trophycase 8y ago> I do not believe anyone has the right to force emotional distress onto another person. But the person who is already under emotional distress should continue to endure theirs? Is your position really that you have a right not to be emotionally upset by others? How does this position account for any form of conflict at all?