Post by cupcakes on May 18, 2017 14:09:48 GMT
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@miccee said: If that were the case, there would be no botched suicide attempts in which the attempter leaves themselves with serious injuries. There would probably be some 'cry for help' attempts where some teenager swallows a handful of pills, but there would be nobody inflicting serious violent harm on themselves and surviving. I know many suicidal people and there are many who are searching for that foolproof, painless and easily accessible method of suicide that allude to.
Usually, suicide attempts end up messy and there is often collateral damage to the lives of others. One such tragic example:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3149218/Van-driver-swerved-avoid-Clarke-Carlisle-dead.html
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3149218/Van-driver-swerved-avoid-Clarke-Carlisle-dead.html
That's one death that would likely have been avoided with state assisted suicide.
And such a system would likely save many suicidal people, who would be able to get access to psychiatric assistance without fear of being imprisoned against their will, and incentivised to receive help by the fact that there is a pathway to end their suffering, one way or another.
There is plenty of evidence of examples where a golden opportunity transpires to have been concealing a trapdoor underneath. With assisted suicide, there is no evidence of any trapdoor lurking on the other side of death. There is no evidence that anyone who has completed that act can rue the decision.
The universe before sentient life was a place without joy or satisfaction. And there was no problem with that, and nobody thinks of that time of being a time of great tragedy.
Those who are not predisposed to irrepressible optimism should also have the right to have their philosophy validated.
Morally I would be fine with post-birth abortions, but I realise that this would probably be too radical to ever be implemented.