Ethics of Suicide (tangent from "van lifer goes missing" thread)

[Sunny_Daze]

@Broomstick

That is not incompatible with them being selfish. People who are ill and people who are in pain ARE selfish, it’s a symptom and a very common reaction to illness and pain of any sort. That does not make them a bad person.

I disagree with this. Chronically ill and disabled people spend a tremendous amount of energy masking their symptoms, and trying to live life without imposing on others or making others uncomfortable simply by virtue of being disabled. I can’t think of a less selfish group of people.

I think the idea that someone is selfish simply by virtue of being ill is strange.