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twesterm on 02 December 2009
Akvod said:
If you consider it a "bigger" sin to kill a 3'rd party than oneself, then it'll be a more... utilitarian... nah that's greatest utility and hapiness...

Well my point is that people usually have a concept of "worse" sins. It is worse to kill 5 people than 1, ignoring utility.

If it is considered worse to kill somebody else than oneself, then it'll be a better choice to kill oneself. However, that does not necessarily mean that the suicide is not morally wrong. You still "stain your soul", just not as much if you did the alternative.

So it's like saying if it is a mortal sin to fuck a babyl, if the alternative is to kill the whole world. Sure, it's worse to kill the whole world, but it's still wrong to fuck a baby.

If it's a matter of accountability, that's an issue of free will. Did you have any choice? Most people will say no I think...

fuck I'm rambling, I fucking hate philosophy.... *taps legs because of Red Bull*

Anyone want to prove the existence of an external world (as we perceive it) with me?

Is is Utilitarian Calculus where you add up the amount of happiness?  It's been a while since any of my philosophy classes...anyways...

You could say that whether you're a zombie or not, the world is shit.  One more zombie isn't going to make it more shitty so you aren't likely to really take away from anyone's happiness.

And it would not be ignoring utitlity saying it's worse to kill 5 people instead of 1.  In one case you make 5 people happy, in the other you make 1 happy. 



 

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twesterm on 02 December 2009
Soriku said:

I'd just go to a police station and get them to headshot me. No need for suicide.

That would be called suicide by police. 

Of course then you could call doing anything stupid where you're likely to die or even a chance to die attempted suicide and I'm sure churchies would hate that...



 

Dgc1808 on 02 December 2009

I'll kill myself.



4 ≈ One

makingmusic476 on 03 December 2009

I'd just go down fighting. No need to kill myself when I can take down a few more zombies with me.



stof on 03 December 2009

Easy one.
Hopefully, if you've prepared for a zombie apocalypse, you've remembered to pack your 6 foot length of garrote wire. upon infection and near the time of initial death you simply tie the wire around your neck and fasten it to a rather sturdy support (water pipes are good). Then upon reanimation, not only are you incapacitated and unable to attack your lover, but your ensuing struggle to eat their flesh will cause the pressure of the wire to sever your neck's dead skin, muscle tissue and spinal cord.

You get to take out your own zombie without committing suicide, allowing you to go to hell based on the other awful things you've done instead.

I thought that was obvious... bloody amatures.



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Words Of Wisdom on 03 December 2009
twesterm said:

If you don't kill yourself, what do you do?

Eat Soriku and go post on vgC.



phinch1 on 03 December 2009

Well if you kill yourself for the sake of saving multiple other lives, its not really selfish which is what suicide is, if you kind of get me, so your not doing it for selfish reasons maybe he would understand :S