Share, Taking one's own life is similar to killing another person. In both cases, a life, that is full of possibilities to perform good and to enjoy life, has been taken away and denied. The act of killing oneself or another person is against Nature's functioning, which is to create life and to promote joy in existence.
The violation of natural law will have consequences or bad karma in yourself, the family or the environment. The following adage would apply: you reap what you sow. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : John, I don't see how the principle of ends not justifying means fits in this situation. The person is taking their own life, probably to avoid unnecessary suffering. What is morally wrong about that, in your view? From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is it Moral to Commit Suicide? Share, The correct answer is that one should follow one's conscience to the best of his or her ability. But one should follow the principle that the end does not justify the means. IMO, ending one's own life through suicide is not following the principle above. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : John, I'm not sure that suicide is always in violation of natural law. What makes you think that? From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is it Moral to Commit Suicide? Share, I sympathize with your step Dad's suffering. My mother also had a very painful and difficult death. It is not easy to follow a moral act and, as humans, we should be able to make such choices. But one has to be mindful of performing acts that do not violate natural laws. If we violate natural laws, IMO the law of karma will take effect and could detrimentally affect our families and society that allow violence or suicide to occur. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : John, when I think about how awful were the last 3 years of my step Dad's life, and more than once he expressed the wish to be dead, I think suicide is sometimes the right thing to do. I think unnecessary suffering is morally wrong. From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is it Moral to Commit Suicide? Bhairitu, You've raised a good question. But it is considered a higher principle that the end does not justify the means. In other words, one must act licitly to make a moral act. You cannot kill another person or group of persons in order to obtain political power--which we can see the evil effects that are happening in Iraq and Syria. Similarly, the same principle applies to taking one's own life. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : If you were suffering from terminal brain cancer would you really want to see it through to the end as your mind, vision, hearing went away? On 11/04/2014 10:36 AM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: A woman just committed suicide with the aid of doctors in Oregon. Is this justifiable in your own thinking? Vatican thinker brands US woman's suicide 'wicked' http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-thinker-brands-us-womans-suicide-wicked-155629813.html Vatican thinker brands US woman's suicide 'wicke... A senior Vatican official has condemned as "wicked" the assisted suicide of Brittany Maynard, an American woman suffering from terminal brain cancer. &... View on news.yahoo.com Preview by Yahoo
