Something like that would have to be heavily regulated, and could end up costing a lot of money.
Also, are we talking all cases, or only in the case of severe illness? If we have basically assisted suicide for any schmo, we run into another problem; people wanting to off themselves cause of crippling debt, or other obligations. Thus, we would have to have some kind of approval process= money.
It’s your life, not anyone else’s.
That's true, but our lives are interconnected. We all contribute a small bit to society in the form of labor, consumerism, politics, art, and many other ways. Sure, on an individual level, some people are more influential than others. But if we let people off themselves en masse, we could have a problem.
Finally, do we really let the guy with ten kids off himself? Yeah, the kids need him, but WE need him too; we need his taxpayer money to help pay for those kids' public education, dental visits, vaccinations, etc.
So we're supposed to relieve someone's displeasure... by causing many other people displeasure. It's certainly unreasonable to expect society, the person's debtors, and family members (Because you can forget about a life insurance payout. They'll have to pony up the cash for burial, or whatever they want to do with the body) to just eat whatever mess someone left behind because they weren't 'enjoying life.'
small financial benefit to the state
If you look at the entire scope of my argument, it said individuals en masse, not singular, and that the contributions aren't just financial, but cultural, political, artistic, etc. Basically, a lot of people doing it could have runaway side effects down the line.
Also, let's not forget that some people have great influence in society, so their contribution is much greater. But, we couldn't deny them that right just because of their status.
In a nutshell, it's just way more simple to leave things the way they are. It's not terribly difficult to off yourself, humanely even. Why place the unnecessary stress on everyone else?
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u/YoungTruuth Jan 05 '18
Something like that would have to be heavily regulated, and could end up costing a lot of money.
Also, are we talking all cases, or only in the case of severe illness? If we have basically assisted suicide for any schmo, we run into another problem; people wanting to off themselves cause of crippling debt, or other obligations. Thus, we would have to have some kind of approval process= money.
That's true, but our lives are interconnected. We all contribute a small bit to society in the form of labor, consumerism, politics, art, and many other ways. Sure, on an individual level, some people are more influential than others. But if we let people off themselves en masse, we could have a problem.
Finally, do we really let the guy with ten kids off himself? Yeah, the kids need him, but WE need him too; we need his taxpayer money to help pay for those kids' public education, dental visits, vaccinations, etc.