from a utilitarian perspective, committing suicide generally makes everyone around you absolutely miserable, and will then always cause pain for them. In that regard, committing suicide is either misguided or selfish.
Not necessarily; it depends on whether the pain they will experience is enough to outweigh the pain that the suicidal person will experience by staying alive.
Not necessarily; it depends on whether the pain they will experience is enough to outweigh the pain that the suicidal person will experience by staying alive.
Sure. Hence my use of the term “generally”. When one is depressed, existence really sucks. But one also massively underestimates how much other people care and benefit from having one around.
Not necessarily; it depends on whether the pain they will experience is enough to outweigh the pain that the suicidal person will experience by staying alive.
Sure. Hence my use of the term “generally”. When one is depressed, existence really sucks. But one also massively underestimates how much other people care and benefit from having one around.