Being selfish is being overly concerned with one’s self. He took his own life without regards to the consequence how anyone else would see it. He was also overly concerned with his self image as he stated in his letter.
And he’s taken something, he’s taking his own life. Which I do not believe it was his to take.
Does he own his life? How can a thing own itself? Did he obtain this life or was his life giving to him by his parents? If he was created by his parents do his parents own his life?
Are we even sure that our life ends when we die? I’ve had to have someone come back and tell me one way or the other.
I think we are so certain of things that once you really start thinking about them that certain you can disappear quickly.
Slavery has been against the law for a few years. Are you saying the state owns his life? I’m sure at 90 years old his parents are dead and don’t own his life.
I also don’t know if there are little green men living on the moon. But I’m almost sure that the earth wasn’t created in 6 days less than 7000 years ago. Can you tell me abt religious belief that makes sense?
do you think I’m a Christian or something? Because I’m not.
And I’m not staying the state owns his life, I’m saying I don’t know who owns it. I’m saying that’s a really difficult philosophical question.
But in the United States, you cannot die by suicide legally. So the state does have control over your life.
But let’s say I own my life. Why would I want to destroy something I own? Who is the I that benefits from that action?
If you own your life then why do you allow your life to suffer? Why don’t you just stop you’re suffering if you own your life by other means then killing yourself?
You see it gets very tricky.
If the government doesn’t own your life which you agree with, then it doesn’t have the right to tell you what to do with it. If I’m in debilitating pain that has no chance to get better, why wouldn’t I want to end it.
And the US has always been hypocritical about controlling people’s lives.
How is own life not his to take?