tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post2662219272520696642..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Procreation and Reasons for Action that ExistAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-64543303344147070012013-06-07T20:41:36.575-06:002013-06-07T20:41:36.575-06:00I think your answer is great and I have started re...I think your answer is great and I have started reading the eBook to get a better understanding of the foundations of desirism.<br /><br />But given the answer you just provided I am left feeling that desirism has no satisfactory answer to suicide.<br /><br /><br />Imagine a healthy, intelligent, priveleged young guy with the entire life ahead of him. Say he becomes deeply depressed for some reason and wants to die.<br /><br />Let's also imagine that he is completely atheistic and believe in no intrinsic values or meaning. <br /><br />He has absolutely no desires, not even to get healthy (as this is often the nature of deep depressions). He's standing on the ledge of a building: why should he not jump and get out of the suffering if that's his only desire.<br /><br />If future and potential desires doesn't count, then why should we try to cure him?DavidS89noreply@blogger.com