Suicide- Ethical?

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Originally Posted by Anti_Formics

Suicide is not ethical at all. It is the same as killing any person. Except in the case of suicide it is yourself. The only reason I would ever even consider suicide is if, I am going through much pain and in the end, I will die anyway. Otherwise I would not think of killing someone. Even if that person is myself. War,in some cases,is ethical. In Canada and the US, we fought in Afghanistan for, I think,pretty much two reasons;Fairness and Intergrity. War cannot be avoided unless a cease-fire is issued. In some cases,however, war is not right at all. Actually,war,in all cases,is stupid. No one wants to die. Oh yes,there is one other reason I would suicide. If a loved one of mine passed away, not like Mother,Father,but wife, and I was old. Then I would ask them to pull the plug.

No, suicide is NOT just like killing another person. If you are killing another person, you are deciding for them whether they get to live or not, a choice they have on their own (because they have the right to their own life). If you kill yourself, you're killing someone who has decided, hopefully, that it would be better off to be dead and chose that path. There is no violation of any right here.

Originally Posted by Bahamut

Suicide, along with killing other people and abortion DO all fall into the category of life termination, however, the difference is in each person's will. Take for example a soldier in battle. Chances are that person does NOT want to die. Now, a person who is committing suicide is completely different: they WANT to die, very much. For this reason the 2 can not be compared effectively on the subject of ethics

I disagree with you on the war bit. I think that if there is a soldier who is in combat, they went into that job knowing the risks involved. They may not necessarily want to die but they're ok with it if it happens. In other words, the benefit of serving is greater than the cost of their lives. However, I agree with you on the suicide bit full on.

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