tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post9190192413211565374..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Where to draw the lineRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-38624056787242479312015-09-24T23:37:10.032-04:002015-09-24T23:37:10.032-04:00Thanks for fleshing that out.Thanks for fleshing that out.CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231394164372721485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-50910987647893591402015-09-24T15:30:31.467-04:002015-09-24T15:30:31.467-04:00I think some actions are intrinsically wrong while...I think some actions are intrinsically wrong while other actions are prima facie wrong, but that can be overridden if additional factors are brought to bear. It's like the ethics of killing in general. There's a presumption against taking human life, but there are special circumstances in which that's permissible or even obligatory.<br /><br />I don't think suicide or euthanasia is intrinsically wrong. But I think it's usually wrong. Consider the common reasons for euthanasia today: the elderly are a "burden" on their kids; the elderly are a drain on the healthcare system.<br /><br />There's a sense in which both are true, but those are disreputable reasons to take life.<br /><br />Likewise, with increasing secularization there's increasing impatience with the physically and developmentally disabled. They get in our way. They inconvenience us.<br /><br />But, of course, all of us begin life in the same helpless, dependent condition. It takes many years to become self-reliant. Childrearing is very demanding. <br /><br />Mind you, many people who support euthanizing the elderly and disabled also opt for dogs instead of kids. To that extent they are consistently selfish and sociopathic. <br /><br />But morality to aside, that Nietzschean code only works for the young and healthy. Or the powerful. Or the supersmart. Sooner or later it weeds out all the weaklings. Nietzsche could play the Übermensch until his health and sanity was destroyed by syphilis. <br /><br />It's a shortsighted philosophy for short-lived elitists. A friendless world. You must constantly watch your back. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-71846665970358219642015-09-24T12:54:23.438-04:002015-09-24T12:54:23.438-04:00How does your final scenario align with your view ...How does your final scenario align with your view of assisted suicide?CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231394164372721485noreply@blogger.com