> How is my hypothetically deciding to end my own suffering “morally bad”?
Because you’re saying that life is not worth living at some point. But that’s just my level of morality. I think life is so rare and precious that I do not even want to miss the suffering that’s given to me.
The action by the man in the original article is advocating for the killing of oneself. His advice is to avoid suffering it is best to kill yourself. Approving of that message is advocating for death over suffering and that’s just something I disagree with. It is my personal choice, but his personal choice has an impact on society so it’s not really a personal choice. If we find it acceptable for people to kill themselves to avoid suffering or in his case to avoid future suffering than I think this is something that needs to go beyond personal choice.
How did his choice impact anyone else besides people who cared about him? Society is not harmed by people not wanting to endure suffering if he isn’t leaving dependent children or a disabled spouse. Why should he be forced to suffer because someone else is uncomfortable?
When anyone’s life is taken it is considered worthless, less than. Whether that is someone else’s life or your own, that sets a precedent, and it sends a message. No action happens in a bubble. Again, he was not enduring suffering either. He was merely afraid of future suffering. Which makes this in my opinion 1000 times worse.
And that’s your personal choice. No one is advocating killing people who don’t have the mental capacity to decide.