How bad is this morally?

Hypothetical situation:
Someone you know wants to commit suicide, but physically can't do it, and has genuinely asked you to do it.
After being certain that the person is serious, and isn't just going through a "phase" you agree and kill them in the least painful way you know.

This isn't a legal question (it's illegal i know, but illegal != immoral),
This is a purely ethical/moral question.

The question is how would you personally rate this morally ?
from 1 to 10,
1 being extremely bad and one of the worst things a human could do.
10 being an extremely noble action
5 being neither morally bad or good

and feel free to post an explanation of your feelings instead of just giving a number

Around a 4.......

I would say like a 7 (but I'm not really a good person to ask about morals).

2/10

Hypothetical situation:Someone you know wants to commit suicide, but for one reason or another can't do itjockie_chan

If he's serious he would have done it already.

Tell him to sort himself out or get him to a doctor.

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Hypothetical situation:Someone you know wants to commit suicide, but for one reason or another can't do it

MrGeezer

The reason is pretty freaking important. WHY can't they do it? Is it because they're paraylzed from the neck down, or are we talking about a physically able person who just lacks the balls to do his own dirty work?

From the sounds of it, it's lack-o-balls.

If it was due to some medical condition, I wouldn't hesitate to pull the plug, as I hope that my relatives/friends would if I was in that situation.

But if the person is too much of a pu$$y to do his/her own dirtywork, I probably wouldn't.

[QUOTE="jockie_chan"]Hypothetical situation:Someone you know wants to commit suicide, but for one reason or another can't do itMrGeezer

That's true, you can evaluate the situation where a person is physically unable to do it, and a person who is psychologically unable as separate situations.

I figured if i said physically unable to do that would have skewed the results in favor too much, but at the heart of it that's the main idea. They can't kill themselves.

Edit: i've edited the question so it's less unclear

id punch them in the face really hard then walk out but that will some how come back to haunt me in some way

Yeah....Punching people on the face usually has bad effects.

Yeah....Punching people on the face usually has bad effects.

jerk-o-tron2000

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Yeah....Punching people on the face usually has bad effects.

almasdeathchild

"hey i got no balls to killmyself will you do it?"*sucker punch* "killself" police show up at the door......ooops murder charge

Yeah....That'd suck.

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Yeah....Punching people on the face usually has bad effects.

jerk-o-tron2000

"hey i got no balls to killmyself will you do it?"*sucker punch* "killself" police show up at the door......ooops murder charge

Yeah....That'd suck.

I really don't mind suicide. But asking someone to kill you? That's just some fu(king....

maybe if they are a klingon and they are disabled

then 10/10

1/10. One of the worst things we as human beings can do is lose all hope and give into despair. And to help someone along that path is just as bad, if not worse. Not to mention your actually taking a life, which is wrong even in it's own right

About a 9.

1/10. One of the worst things we as human beings can do is lose all hope and give into despair. And to help someone along that path is just as bad, if not worse. Not to mention your actually taking a life, which is wrong even in it's own right

Cronicx-

Simply put, a 5. They are dead serious, you want to help them, and there is no good outcome or change of opinion as far as you can tell. It's their life, and there is no debating about that, period. On the other hand, you could have tried more to change their mind. Even if it seems hopeless, still give it your all. You could have simply walked away but you didn't.

In the end, it doesn't make you a bad person. It's not like you are taking their life by force.

1 out of 10. Seriously you shouldn't help someone commit suicide and a person that would ask someone else to kill them is a scumbag and a coward. Now i mean if its like a pull the plug situation then fine but if its someone that is fully able to kill themselves then no its really wrong. If they really want to die let them do it themselves. There are very few things in this world that could prevent a person from killing themselves and we are quite fragile. For the most part the answer would be no.

I'm suprised to see so many less than 3 ratings, I mean the situation mentions they physically can't do it (like paralysed, or an extreme illness), and they're dead serious about wanting their life over (not just on a whim, but for an extended period of time). You're just granting them their wish.

Oh and btw, by saying it's 1 on a moral scale you're saying it's equivalent to raping and killing an innocent child... so although morality is subjective you guys have a pretty f-ed up view.

If the person was in some sort of insufferable physical pain that had no end in sight then it may be a noble act.

Doing it because the person is suffering some sort of mental anguish is foolish because emotions change.

5

As already mentioned, if thhe person really wanted to commit suicide, they'd do it themself, so no I would not do it. In a situation where a friend wants to kill him/herself and wants me to do it, I'd just try to help them in whatever way I can and let them know I'm there for them.