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Originally Posted by loramin
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Can't tell if this is flippant or serious, so I'll just put it like this: where does agency come from? The brain right? And the brain is just an organ, the same as your heart or lungs.
If your lungs aren't working properly because you're sick or because you're drowning, you can't breath. No one blames lung cancer victims for having trouble breathing.
Similarly, if the organ responsible for making choices isn't working properly then you're going to have less agency, just like someone with a collapsed lung has less breath. Blaming someone for dying from a mental illness is as stupid as blaming someone for dying from a physical illness.
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this a interesting perspective. i question though how many have impaired decision making. it a matter of perspective. they just got a particularly dismal one and one that not easily righted.
it a very good point that if you brain not working you have less agency. this a point lotta people just don't get. hurr willpower! if you not in control you thoughts it difficult to direct you action. I not thoughts about it with regard to suicide though. gonna hafta think on it more.