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Originally Posted by Aaron W.
How much less mental capacity would you need to have before you opted out?
Does your logic apply to other things, like economic situation? If you were sufficiently poor, would you opt out of life and basically say "I would rather be aborted than be poor"?
If not, how are you distinguishing between the cases?
I understand what you're getting at, but I think we've all thought about these at some sort of adult level when we see other people suffering or disabled. Some people wouldn't want to live with an arm, or being burned, or being poor, etc. But if we asked Hawkings I'm sure he'd much rather have been born than not born (I think, anyway).
But just for the sake of it :
1. Poor I think I could handle.
2. Physically disabled, not sure.
3. Mentally disabled/mental illness, opt out.
4. Suffering (dying of cancer, etc), definitely opt out.
I have a child. I've thought that if something happened to her.. I could possibly opt out. Not positive on that one but the anguish would be soul-crushing.