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A suicidal person is not of sound mind.

• torstenvl 4y ago
  And you're more qualified to determine that over the Internet than the two psychiatrists who evaluated the woman in the article?
  • phantom_of_cato 4y ago
    First of all, the entire field of psychiatry is very dubious. It's nothing similar to a mature science. They aren't really doing objective evaluations. For example, very often, if you really want to take a medication, you almost certainly can find someone who'd write you a prescription for it. [1] Also, why would someone's academic qualifications entitle them to essentially sentence a suicidal person to death? [1]: e.g "Also, if by some chance a psychiatrist doesn’t give a patient Adderall, that patient practically always goes to another psychiatrist, and that next psychiatrist does." (https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-mo...)
    • sn_master 4y ago
      > First of all, the entire field of psychiatry is very dubious. Your argument goes both ways then, both for those who are pro-euthanasia and those who completely are against it.