Writing topic pg 1211 #2
Is suicide ever justified?
I think that the topic of suicide is one of great complexity, it is not a black and white issue, it goes much deeper then yes or no. My personal belief is that suicide is wrong, and I personally do not agree with it. But the question was not do I agree with it, it was is it ever justified. I think that suicide can be justified in certain situations. There are things like assisted suicide and being asked to have the plug pulled if you are said to be brain dead. I think that suicide that occurs because someone is emotional suffering and is not able to discuss how there feeling, so in that misery takes there life is not justified. I think that for something such as depression, heartbreak, things such as that there is a better way to deal with it rather than giving up. However I think there are exceptions to every rule. If you are in psychical pain and you are suffering from an illness in which you are told you have only a few days to live and those days are full of physical pain, then I feel that assisted suicide is somewhat justified. I personally would not do it, however I feel that if you are in great physical pain to the point where there is nothing that can help you then it may be the best option. I also know that if people are going into major surgery then they are asked to sign a DNR. To me this is a form of assisted suicide, I believe that this is justifiable because if you know that your quality of life is going to be very poor then why live. I feel that if a person is going to be brain dead to the point where they are no longer able to function on there own and be a burden to t ones around them then there life on earth is probably not worth living. If you are unable to shower for yourself, or communicate with loved ones, your not really living anyways. I am though completely against the act of suicide, as I said before when it comes to emotional pain I think that there is better ways to handle it such as therapy, rather then drowning yourself with pills and alcohol and ending your life.
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I really like and appreciate your honesty in this blog. I definitely appreciate your opinions and how you have thought about it. I find that it is hard for me to completely agree when it comes to things like assisted suicide, but that is more of a faith or ethics thing, in my mind. When I did my blog on this topic, in my head suicide was the taking of someones own life because of depression or whatever the reason. I had not actually thought about things like assisted suicide or such situations in the hospital. For me, these things are still hard to decide on. I know how I feel about them because of my faith, but it is hard to put myself in the situation, and say if it is justified or not. It is hard for me to consider the idea of willingly killing yourself as justified, but I also understand the desire, and the situations such as you have mentioned. I know this is something I am going to try to figure out for myself now, and I thank you for your insightful blog.
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