Does a person have right to end their own life?
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@LukeAlmighty ideally, a person would have the right to do whatever they want with themselves provided it doesn't affect anyone else.
but the second part of that sentence is the first issue, and it's more of a gray area. someone ending their own life will have a massive affect on everyone else in their life, whether big or small.
the other problem is that these people who would end their own life are not usually in the head space of making a decision like that with actual confidence.
the only time i can accept such a thing is if someone is quite literally on their death bed and the only thing keeping them alive is hospital machines.
@beardalaxy @LukeAlmighty >ideally, a person would have the right to do whatever they want with themselves provided it doesn't affect anyone else
Unless you live on a desert island anything you do has externalities. So, ideally a person should have no right to do what they want?
If someone is living in misery for the benefit of others, is that not itself a negative externality that should be avoided? People talk about suicide being selfish, but is expecting someone else to live for your benefit not?
@applejack @LukeAlmighty that's not quite what I mean but I can't really explain it well and I don't have the time to think about it right now lol