Discussion How to people here define the terms "pro life" and "pro death"?

[ijustwishtodie]

I'm genuinely curious as to how people define these two terms as I feel like people use the words differently from one another but that just may be my autism being unable to interpret it correctly. I also feel like I use the words differently than most people here. I don't need to ask on how people here define the term "pro choice" as that seems to be consistent on here but the other two terms interest me

 

[Darkover]

pro-life" generally reflects a stance against assisted suicide and euthanasia, often grounded in the belief that life is inherently valuable and should be preserved, regardless of personal suffering or challenges, also describe a stance that opposes abortion, based on the belief that human life begins at conception and that unborn fetuses have the right to life.

A "pro-death" stance, while less common and not a mainstream label, generally refers to perspectives that support the right of individuals to make autonomous choices about ending their own lives in cases of unbearable suffering, terminal illness, or severe mental health issues. Rather than encouraging death, this stance emphasizes respecting individual autonomy and the right to avoid prolonged suffering. Some who hold this view argue that forcing individuals to continue living in unrelievable pain or suffering can be inhumane.

 

[Dot]

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Pro-lfe = abt keepng ppl alve rgardlss of thr wishs or subsquent qualty of lfe
Pro-deth = thnkng tht ppl shld b ded & tht livng = sme knd of burdn

Neithr of whch cnsidr autonmy of th/ persn imo

 

[Forever Sleep]

I feel like both mindsets are actually the same but in polar opposition. So- each believes the other is delluded for thinking as they do. But, in both cases, I think they believe their way of seeing the world is not only right but it would be the most beneficial for everyone to embrace. Pro-lifers think we should all live (happily ever after,) promortalists think we'd all be better off dead.

I think most people here are pro-choice though- just with a bias that is more towards pro-life or pro-death.

 

[maniac116]

I feel that both "pro life" & "pro death" are the extremes.
I believe in "pro choice", where an individual decides their own fate in their own lives & take full responsibility for their own actions.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

pro-life" generally reflects a stance against assisted suicide and euthanasia, often grounded in the belief that life is inherently valuable and should be preserved, regardless of personal suffering or challenges, also describe a stance that opposes abortion, based on the belief that human life begins at conception and that unborn fetuses have the right to life.

I see. So not being pro life means to not be against assisted suicide and abortion? I thought it meant wanting life to exist at all costs.

A "pro-death" stance, while less common and not a mainstream label, generally refers to perspectives that support the right of individuals to make autonomous choices about ending their own lives in cases of unbearable suffering, terminal illness, or severe mental health issues. Rather than encouraging death, this stance emphasizes respecting individual autonomy and the right to avoid prolonged suffering. Some who hold this view argue that forcing individuals to continue living in unrelievable pain or suffering can be inhumane.

Society may consider that to be "pro death" but this site considers that to be "pro choice". I don't give a shit about how society defines things as they're brainless when it comes to topics like these but I'm curious about how this site defines "pro death". I don't think that this is how people here define it.

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Pro-lfe = abt keepng ppl alve rgardlss of thr wishs or subsquent qualty of lfe
Pro-deth = thnkng tht ppl shld b ded & tht livng = sme knd of burdn

Neithr of whch cnsidr autonmy of th/ persn imo

Your definition of pro life seems to be spot on with what others here are saying. As for pro death, could you elaborate? If thinking that people should be dead is pro death, would it be pro death to think that those who want death should be dead? With the way people use the term pro death on here, I thought it meant to encourage people to die rather than merely thinking that people should die.

I feel that both "pro life" & "pro death" are the extremes.
I believe in "pro choice", where an individual decides their own fate in their own lives & take full responsibility for their own actions.

Sure, they're opposite extremes but that isn't the definition of those words

 

[SilentSadness]

The meaning of a word is in its use. Many people have used "pro death" as a degrading criticism to mean "murderous" or "insisting others die". "Pro death" is rarely used in good faith, and it's often replaced with "pro mortalist" meaning seeing death as personally desirable. "Pro life" means to be a proponent of forced suffering and pain, but it sometimes refers to a personal philosophy.