my mother once told an old man that if she ever died she would want her whole family to die with her so no one would have to mourn her (sons-daughters-husband ) do you think that is selfish yes or no and why
2006-09-10 19:12:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
she was about 9 years old
2006-09-10 19:27:48 · update #1
and when she told me this i thought it 2 was selfish but as i got older i can see what she was thinking because i dont know what ill be able to do
2006-09-10 19:29:05 · update #2
not really...she just follow her heart (not her brain!)
but i think that quite selfish...every people will die,
someday, somehow..but donno when is the time.
2006-09-10 19:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by ★ yaya ★ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its selfish. Once you're dead who cares what happens after that. Why cheat all the others of a full life? Think of how many lives that would effect. She can't be serious. And, besides, even if she died, and of course you would mourn her, but that doesn't last forever. You would be happy again. If thats her only reason, then its not a good one. Life does and must go on....
2006-09-10 19:18:58 · answer #2 · answered by CrissKross 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not selfish, in fact, that is about as selfless as you can get. Your mother wasn't thinking about the fact that you and your family were going to lose their lives, but just the fact that she wouldn't want you to mourn (feel grief) over the fact taht she died. That's preventing you from feeling depressed and sad about her death. Your mother loves you so much that even when she is gone she would not want you to suffer. You are a lucky person, your mom loves you that much!
2006-09-10 19:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by bansri47 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do think that it is not only selfish but also that it is impossible to make it so that no one mourns because of your death because your life affects many people who you may not see. Also, if you have your sons and daughters die at the same time there will be others who are affected by their passing. also since everyone is connected to everyone else in the world by way of seven people, essentially you would have to kill everyone in the world at the same time for there to be no mourning.
i don't recommed it. ^_^
2006-09-10 19:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by margaret 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Selfish & controlling. Wants to take everyone with her...
or no, selfless, doesn't want anyone to suffer the loss of her. But life would go on, hard as it may be. Terrible to take the whole family with her!
2006-09-10 19:17:47 · answer #5 · answered by amp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Even though mourning is sad, nobody has the right to rob people of the full spectrum of feelings we experience in this life.
2006-09-10 19:39:32 · answer #6 · answered by Cub6265 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not selfish...she was being a child...I didn't ever want to mourn my parents and I'm sure they wouldn't have wanted to mourn me...
2006-09-11 10:44:57 · answer #7 · answered by aniski7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death is a normal occurrence. She would be better off preparing her family for her death. Talk about it. Share her beliefs about it, etc.
It will be bad for her (and everyone else) if she is fearful at the time of her death. It is best to come to peace with death way before death arises (something we cannot predict).
2006-09-10 19:25:44 · answer #8 · answered by Bad Buddhist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, i do not think it was selfish. she loved them enough to want them not to suffer when she died
2006-09-11 07:32:22 · answer #9 · answered by abstract 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was 9.... which means that she was 9......
2006-09-10 21:40:30 · answer #10 · answered by Cass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. She don't want you to party with her money when she's gone.
2006-09-10 19:25:17 · answer #11 · answered by Alfonso M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋