My issue is about free will as much as the topic of suicide itself. If a human doesn't have the right to use/discard his life, which is his own, what right does he really have? — Echoes
Then perhaps you will tell us what you're supposing that is. Many people confuse free will with the physical capacity to do whatever, or an ability to decide to do whatever. More thoughtful people distinguish between raw ability or capacity, or "license." For example, is acting on road-rage exercising free will? Not a simple subject, but it you want to understand even yourself you have to go there.My issue is about free will — Echoes
Does a human really have any true rights at all? — Echoes
And...... there is a right to suicide, for whatever reason, and access to information and the means. — Natherton
The interesting thing for me is that of those people who have received support during episodes of suicidal ideation, they frequently report being very thankful that they didn't go through with it. It was a reaction to an incident, a situation or an episode, which passed. — Tom Storm
All of the dead are equal through their death. — Paine
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Could you refute any of their wishes and look down on their decision, if their wishes to die are as rational from their eyes, as is the wish to go on living in the eyes of a person who wants to stay alive? And what free will does a human really have in this society if he doesn't have the right to die if he doesn't want to go on living? — Echoes
A concept... to inspire.... I think those are the key words in your post. Not quite as you use them, though. Not so much an etiquette and guide to correct behaviour. Instead, an elevation of a kind and sense of being, that we think we are, and some of the consequences and expectations that come with being that kind of being.What is a true right? And more importantly, what does it mean to have a true right?.... I don't believe in rights. I don't think rights are something "to have". And they are not true in any way. They are a concept with the purpose to inspire some or all strangers not to harm and/or murder me. — Hermeticus
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