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This misses the possibbility of common cause in some or many cases. Also, mental illness can cause immense suffering and choosing to escape that can be entirely
by guerrilla 6y ago
This misses the possibbility of common cause in some or many cases. Also, mental illness can cause immense suffering and choosing to escape that can be entirely rational depending on the circumstances especially considering acccess to health care. The reaction to mental illness socially and economically should also be considered because it can make life even worse for sufferers. If escaping a life of gauranteed pain is irrational then we're going to have to disagree on our conception of rationality here.
- automatoney 6y agoThe problem is that mental illness affects your ability to think. Most of the time, someone contemplating suicide is not making a rational choice about their future - mental illness often impairs the ability to make well thought out decisions. So sure, someone could hypothetically make the rational choice for euthanasia, but that isn't what is going on most of the time people are suicidal. I don't know what I believe about euthanasia, but I am in no way comfortable with okaying people to independently make that decision without a second opinion.