Why do people think that suicide is wrong?
- Thread starter coolfighter1993
- Start date
Lasercakes
[12] Conqueror
I suppose you're right. I misread the original post, leaving a word out. I read it as "Do people think that suicide is wrong?"
No, I was looking for a formal argument because I'm an asshole. Talking about how suicide makes you and others feel is not an argument for why suicide is wrong, but I suppose it is more relevant to what the original post in the thread was asking.
No. I do not believe the question in the form I asked it was answered.
I do not believe in a moral universe where moral truths exist exactly, but I can still respect a well built argument even if I did not agree with it. But I don't see any arguments like that. I don't see any solid or interesting arguments for suicide as acceptable or not.
Let me use the statements I picked in my last post to show you how everything talked about fails to connect to an ethical argument. Let's say for an example that all people committing suicide are irrefutably pussies, cowards, looking for attention, and taking the easy way out. Even if all of that is true, it doesn't touch upon why suicide is unethical unless:
- Being a pussy is unethical
- Being a coward is unethical
- Looking for attention is unethical
- Doing things the easy way is unethical
Do I need to explain why these fail as ethical arguments?
Additionally:
That you can have an illness and not kill yourself is not an ethical argument against someone who does.
That you can suffer and not kill yourself is not an ethical argument against someone who does.
But anyway, I don't think this is all too important, since the thread is about people's perceptions on why it's wrong, and not on if it can be objectively be argued wrong.
Mamoru_Hasukage
[07] Duelist
Wrong? It all depends on what you think.
I believe in a very odd way of Bushido. I am a man who holds honor and loyalty above all else. However, I personally see killing yourself as a disrespectful and cowardly way to die. I see it as one not respecting the gift of life they were granted and shun what they can do with that said life. A gift by whom? No one.
Life is your blade. You fight, until it breaks. That is my way of life.
However, I am not one to say another's way of life is wrong either. I know not why this subject was brought up, however, I do know this: Whatever life throws at you, do your best to make the most of it by any means possible (aside from the ones that would land you a worse life, or death of someone) and only then contemplate the thought of ending your life.
If one feels it is the best way, so be it. Let them. Just so long as you do not drag others who still wish to live with you, I have no objections.
I believe in a very odd way of Bushido. I am a man who holds honor and loyalty above all else. However, I personally see killing yourself as a disrespectful and cowardly way to die. I see it as one not respecting the gift of life they were granted and shun what they can do with that said life. A gift by whom? No one.
Life is your blade. You fight, until it breaks. That is my way of life.
However, I am not one to say another's way of life is wrong either. I know not why this subject was brought up, however, I do know this: Whatever life throws at you, do your best to make the most of it by any means possible (aside from the ones that would land you a worse life, or death of someone) and only then contemplate the thought of ending your life.
If one feels it is the best way, so be it. Let them. Just so long as you do not drag others who still wish to live with you, I have no objections.
TerminatorCortez
[10] Knight
killing yourself for emotional distress or bullying is plain stupid. Before you go kill yourself go to your local hospital and go to the sick children department. You will start crying and value your life. I went there to visit a friend in grade school who passed away, it made me realize how lucky I am to be alive. Poor dude never got the chance to see HD TvS, Nintendo wiis, iPhones, and act. And tbh, why kill yourself when you know your going to die one day.