Is suicide ever ethically and essentially valid?

Question

That is, if a person feels they cannot function well in society (that is, contribute in a meaningful and authentic way), has explored realms of help, is not hurting others in the process, and has voiced their truth in expressing the injustice that has been done?

Answer 1

If you are terminally ill and in terrible pain than sure go for it.  If not it comes down to two things.  If you believe it is a sin and your going to h**l than well that doesn't sound to great.  And if your death is going to cause pain to others (family or whatever) than yes there are some issues because your aren't just affecting yourself there are others involved.  other than that, whatever.

Answer 2

"There is nothing to which man has a more unassailable right than to his own life." - Schopenhauer

The implication is that everyone has the right to end their own life.

Society is the engineer and enforcer of ethics; it applies these ethics and rules to its game--the infrastructure of society (work, law, obligations, relationships, etc.)

In the process of killing oneself, you are no longer accountable to the game of society (and therefore, to the ethics and laws thereof) because you have divorced yourself from the game.

Nothing more can be said of suicide other than that it is suicide. It is neither right nor wrong nor any other ethical gauge or calculation imposed by society.

Ethical arguments against suicide cannot hold water and phrases like "it is an act of cowardice" are very much disillusioned in their reasoning.

It is not that complicated.

Answer 3

This as you know will be a very debatable topic!  With people saying it is wrong to kill themselves and it is against God, that is of course their perception of it!  To me there is allot of gray area here , not just black and white.  I believe it is a person's choice to decide since it is their life, and as I said lots of gray area,

You have people with terminal illness that are suffering don't they have a right to go peacefully!!  See lots of gray area. I could go on and on and use up a couple of pages, but I think you get the idea where I am coming from, so will leave it at that!!  Cheers !!

Answer 4

You'd probably enjoy "Wanting to Live:  Overcoming the Seduction of Suicide," Dr. Neroli Duffy and Marilyn C. Barrick, Ph.D.

Not ethically valid, imo.  It assumes personal competence to judge.  (She who represents self in a trial has an idiot for a client, etc.)

Answer 5

It is not right.

If all is the way you describe, they still take hope away from others living through doubt. They encourage others to do the same. Some living soul will get hurt through this action.

The most meaningful way is to carry their suffering for the sake of other sufferers giving them "hope" through staying alive.