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suicide is never morally acceptable,
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because to say that,
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you'd have to be claiming suicide always
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has bad consequences overall.
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And that strikes me, although it's an empirical claim,
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it strikes me as a rather implausible empirical claim.
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It's, sadly enough,
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not too difficult to describe cases in which
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the results may actually be better if the person kills themselves
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rather than having their suffering continue.
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It may be better for them and better for their family.
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On the other hand, we certainly wouldn't want--