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I empathise with your position. But there is very clearly a spectrum of conditions and levels of autonomy at play when it comes to suicide. I.e there may be min
by onethought 3y ago
I empathise with your position. But there is very clearly a spectrum of conditions and levels of autonomy at play when it comes to suicide. I.e there may be mindless/insane people within the cohort of people who attempt suicide, just as their may be people with full reasoned autonomy.
- caslon 3y agoThere are mindless and insane people who live perfectly normal and healthy lives. Putting safety rails on everything in society isn't something we do for them; their actions are still their own, and we generally accept that as a society, barring extremes such as dementia.
- onethought 3y agoI’m sorry, I really believe we should intervene in suicide attempts. We have success stories of treating even the most debilitating and chronic forms of depression. We have zero success stories of bringing people back to life. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem (in most cases/euthanasia aside)