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Originally Posted by Deorum
Yes. Whether or not they would actually be better off is irrelevant. Allowing people the right to make their own decisions necessitates allowing them to make mistakes, even if it costs them their lives.
With this I flat-out disagree. Life and death (and serious injury) is where I draw the line with regards to allowing people, especially close people, to make their own (wrong) decisions and (possibly, hopefully) learn from their mistakes.
Are you honestly and seriously saying that if your own brother/son/best friend/lover/etc. sat in front of you with a chambered gun and decided to stick the barrel in their mouth and fire, you wouldn't even lift a finger to stop them because, hey, it's their right to their decision?
I get the impression that's not fully honest. Perhaps social experimentation would be the only way to get 100% of the truth here. There seems to be a huge disconnect with the way people think and say about these matters and what they're likely to actually do in the real situation.