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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Aug 13, 2008 22:27
On Aug 13, 8:47Â am, John Jones aol.com> wrote:> turtoni wrote:
>> On Aug 12, 3:09 pm, John Jones aol.com> wrote:>>> My natural freedom can't be affected by something I can't have - 'mental
>>> illness'.
>
>> Call it whatever you want.
>
>> It's objective to imagine that we can broadly measure the quality of a
>> persons life.
>
>> If we can improve a persons quality of life by applying chemicals
>> against all other reasonable alternatives then what's your problem?
>
>> People have rights in our culture and if you feel that those rights
>> are being abused then you should objectively present your finding.
>
>> How do you feel about smoking, drinking alcohol and obesity? Should we
>> outlaw those activities too?
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> Doctors have no authority to tell us that our lives need changing, even
> if they should curse our brains with a disease.
Patient rights; And yes they do have an "authority".
> I can't have mental illness, even if some people believe that anyone can
> have mental illness.
Call it whatever you like John. If for example you wanted to be
irrational and lash out at some complete stranger when we have to
beleive that there's something wrong with that persons thinking.
Your position is in support of the people that would just prefer to
lock everybody up for any type of anti-social behaviour. There is no
illness they are evil, etc...
Your whole philosophical postion is in contradiction of the values you
hold..
If i were hungry due to my cultural/envriomental situation would it be
wrong for me to steal a loaf of bread?
If i heard voices that told me to hurt a stranger would it be right to
lock my evilness up?
HTHelps.
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