I don't understand your question or its relevance to the OP. Please clarify. — Bartricks
I conclude, then, that the harmfulness of death is mainly post mortem. — Bartricks
What explains suicide then? — Agent Smith
Death" is not harmful to one when one is dead. Also, insofar as life has "intrinsic value", it is manifest only in the living and only recognized by the living — 180 Proof
Exactly. I had the same question in my mind whenever I finished the read — javi2541997
I believe that the majority of the harms that death visits on a person are post-mortem. Why? Because the ante-mortem harms seem relatively insignificant compared to the harmfulness of death. — Bartricks
And the death penalty is a stiffer penalty than life imprisonment - or at least, we generally consider it to be - even though life imprisonment is a ilfe of discomfort. — Bartricks
Yet death is harmful to a person even when it deprives them of nothing worth having, — Bartricks
So, the intrinsic value of life is clearly eclipsed by the disvalue of the discomfort. Yet if such a life is up and running already, then one should keep it going for as long as possible. That makes no real sense unless death itself exposes the person who undergoes it to new and worse harms than those this life is exposing them to. — Bartricks
These terms 'harmful' and 'immoral' are not synonyms. — Bartricks
How come this latin phrase primum non nocere appears in bioethics? — Agent Smith
what's your response to some posters saying that post death there's literally no one to injure/damage? — Agent Smith
They arrogantly suppose that they already know what death does to us. — Bartricks
Punching a wall is a scaled down version of suicide and indeed it isn't clear whether suicide is moral/immoral acceptable. Interesting. Go on. — Agent Smith
Nobody's perfect — Agent Smith
Their position does have merit though as death seems to have that finality to it which is the reason why we dread it. — Agent Smith
In line with your own view, religion comes along and raises the specter of naraka (hell). :scream: Just a few days ago I was on my bed doing nothing in particular when I heard a a threatening voice on my daughter's phone (she was on TikTok) say "I'm not done with you![/i] Death may not be the end suiciders hope that it is. Et in Arcadia ego — Agent Smith
I don't think it's that simple but I do agree, as mythology attests, immortality aka cancer :snicker: (+ happiness) have been/are/will probably remain our top priority. — Agent Smith
I'm sorry, I can't explain it any better than I already have. — Agent Smith
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