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Brayu
Student
- Sep 14, 2021
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No need for CTB, regardless of age... but in practice, it's not like that, right?
It's so annoying! I think it's because most of them haven't experienced what it is like to be as depressed as we are and a lot of them are most likely religious nuts as well.This is one reason out of many why I don't understand the pro-lifers who deny us the right to euthanasia. We're all going to die anyway, so why are they prolonging the inevitable because of a fallacious appeal to nature?
why are they prolonging the inevitable because of a fallacious appeal to nature?
This selfishness would make sense if these people only cared while people are...
- It's a belief that our lives are not our own, they're "god's will". Since "life is a gift" (of god), we'd be offending "him" by ending it by our choice. Of course, if god doesn't exist (and there's no good evidence that he does) this belief is evil.
- It's human selfishness. You can't die because your death would hurt me. My need for you to continue overrides your need for your pain to end.
- It's a philosophical conflict. If we allowed people to easily commit suicide, and/or if we admitted that not all suicides are irrational, what does that imply about the goodness of life? Most people rely on the presumption that life is a good thing, and they are completely unwilling to even consider that that presumption could be false.
Yeah, exactly. I just can't seem to find any logical argument against suicide, other than the fact that it might be painful and making an attempt might render you barely alive and unable to try again. That's not exactly an argument against euthanasia though.
- It's a belief that our lives are not our own, they're "god's will". Since "life is a gift" (of god), we'd be offending "him" by ending it by our choice. Of course, if god doesn't exist (and there's no good evidence that he does) this belief is evil.
- It's human selfishness. You can't die because your death would hurt me. My need for you to continue overrides your need for your pain to end.
- It's a philosophical conflict. If we allowed people to easily commit suicide, and/or if we admitted that not all suicides are irrational, what does that imply about the goodness of life? Most people rely on the presumption that life is a good thing, and they are completely unwilling to even consider that that presumption could be false.
Can't speak for the "pro-lifers who deny...the right to euthanasia," but as a purely mathematical question, the vast majority of people who try suicide fail and ultimately change their minds about it. It probably makes sense that society doesn't facilitate an easy death for anyone who wants to go on a whim.This is one reason out of many why I don't understand the pro-lifers who deny us the right to euthanasia. We're all going to die anyway, so why are they prolonging the inevitable because of a fallacious appeal to nature?
Can't speak for the "pro-lifers who deny...the right to euthanasia," but as a purely mathematical question, the vast majority of people who try suicide fail and ultimately change their minds about it. It probably makes sense that society doesn't facilitate an easy death for anyone who wants to go on a whim.