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Is attempting or committing suicide because of depression/bipolar disorder justifiable? Why? |
There are several general issues pertaining to my asking this question: ASIDE FROM religious perspectives, (1) is depression unforgivably selfish? Why? (2) is attempting/committing suicide immoral? Why? (3) is euthanasia (in the traditional sense of termination of life due to 'biological' illnesses) immoral? Why? (4) are the principles of suicide and euthanasia the same? Why? Lastly, (5) is depression/bipolar disorder as 'legitimate' a disease as, i.e., cancer? Why? I am curious about the general consensus of the answers to these questions. Please explain your answer thoroughly so your train of thought is sufficiently conveyed. Thanks! 1. No, it's not. The person is being selfish in a lot of cases (though not all), but they don't know that they are. I've been there, and it was a shock to realize all of a sudden that I was being selfish, because to me all it felt like was horrible misery. That's not to say that depressed people should never be given some tough love - after all, that's often the very thing that snaps them into reality again. But care should be taken, most definitely. 2. Hard to say. You would have to know what's going on in the other person's head, and since morality is a subjective concept that varies from person to person, I can only answer whether it's immoral to me or not. To me, it is rarely immoral, because more often than not, a suicidal person - someone that really wants to die (as opposed to someone that is just crying for help) is too far gone to be held to some moral standard. I would think it immoral for someone to threaten suicide or attempt suicide as a means to manipulate another person and with little intent of actually dying - in other words, being a major drama queen (or king). 3. Absolutely not, and it should be legal. In this sense, we are kinder to dogs and cats than we are to our fellow humans. Being forced to remain alive and in horrible pain when you want it to end is nothing less than torture. There are things worse than death. To say that it's murder (in response to the above)... let's go back to the example of cats and dogs. Animal cruelty is a crime. If you kill your dog, you can be charged with a crime and sent to jail. However, we don't call it animal cruelty when we put them to sleep. Human euthanasia is NOT murder. 4. No. Suicide is the permanent end to a temporary problem. Euthanasia is the permanent end to a permanent (and horrible) problem. Euthanasia is self-inflicted death whether assisted or done alone to end a terminal, degenerative, or debilitating disease and the suffering experienced from that condition. Does not have to involve a second party. 5. We don't have enough information about the brain to understand mental illness as fully as we do a physical ailment like cancer or diabetes. But I don't think the two conditions can be compared. Both are legitimate conditions, yes. I'm not sure what it would imply that they are both real and legitimate ailments, however. no it is never justifide no committing suicide is never OK! if you are considering suicide seriously get help. You will hurt all the people who love you... Sounds like you need an anti-depressent..go ask a pastor or a chaplin most if these are very depressing questions..go to www.webmd.com and see for yourself.. Let me say two things: One, people who kill themselves due to mental illness are completely different from those who terminate their lives due to physical pain; two, is suicide "unforgivably selfish"? No. It's just incredibly sad. Forgive them. 1) depression is not selfish its a mental and/ or phyical disorder...sometimes you can't help being depressed. 2) It immoral because technically you are commiting homoside of self... 3) I dunno what euthanasia is 4) refer to 3.... 5) Bipolar i s i know that, but depression i am not sure |
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