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Well sure, but that's precisely what they are doing. Solving the underlying problem is precisely recognizing that in most cases, the issue that is bothering the
by oulipo 4y ago
Well sure, but that's precisely what they are doing. Solving the underlying problem is precisely recognizing that in most cases, the issue that is bothering the person trying to commit suicide can be solved by other means, and so one of the first thing to do is to prevent them from doing a suicide attempt
- caslon 4y agoThat's absolutely not what they're doing. If you want to fix society, stop the societal factors that create the urge. Don't try in vain to take autonomy away and force people to barbaric, unreliable, dehumanizing solutions after the urge has already overtaken them. That's cruel, ill-advised, and sick. Especially when, like in Goldberg's case, you're doing it for money. Forcing people to a rope or a gun just serves to add "disabled" to their list of problems (or amplify their existing problems, if "lack of autonomy" is part of their reason), and then instead of them having their previous problems, they now have their previous problems plus one. At least with suicide your problems go away, because you stop existing.