help me out to prepare for a debatetopic----sucide?

Question

"attempt to sucide should be a punishable offense worldwide?"------- this is my topic. i what few points on both the sides . can u help me.

Answer 1

FOR
- We must recognise that suicide attempts can cause harm and distress to others
- Suicide attempts can be detrimental to general society and create unsafe environments
- Suicide attempts are 'selfish' exploits of the law and draw many work forces away from those who also may be in trouble but through no fault of there own
- Suicide is the creation of a vulnerable situation for ones self through their own doing, it is an act of irresponsibility and simply creates more trouble unnecessarily
- Even if to themselves, a person who attempts suicide still causes harm and physical pain to a person and while in public

AGAINST
- People who attempt suicide are insecure and should be helped not punished, punishment will just drive them back to the same situation
- People who attempt suicide are chronically depressed, this cannot be helped and they often attempt suicide in a frenzy of depression - almost subconsciously; we cannot punish them for this
- It is not someone's fault for being depressed, suicide attempts could be better used looking t how to eradicate the causes for depression and suicide attempts
- Suicide attempts - while creating an unsafe environment and causing harm to the person's self - is not a person deliberately making others feel unsafe or causing harm to others; technically they are not breaking the law and are not doing anything wrong or immoral as the situation does not, or does not intend to, involve others. Nor does it cause harm to anyone else. The person - ultimately - is only harming themself.

Answer 2

The answer to what you have asked is greatly dependent upon both the view you support, and the format of the debate.

If you are arguing that Suicide attempts are actions that should be punishable, then you are likely going to have to fall back on a religious argument of presumption or a Socialist economic argument ofdefending the welfare of the State. Usually suicide attempts are only symptoms of a deeper seated mental instability brought on by illness, stress, or a combination of the two; thus punishing it for any but religious reasons is like punishing someone with the flu for sneezing in public.

The religious argument of Presumption holds that God alone has the preoragative of ending human life, on the grounds that the Deity created human life and thus only Deity may end it.
To attempt suicide is to take upon oneself the right of the Creator, and thereby claim equality with the Creator.
There is also a rather tenuous Socialist argument in opposition to suicide that holds a suicide guilty of withdrawing thier work output from the State. By doing so, the suicide is effectively "stealing" a resource that would have provided for the sustenance of the society as a whole, and thus should be punished.

In opposition to these arguments is an argument regarding the purpose for punishment of actions. This holds that there are really only two reasons to punish any action. First, is the defense of society. Actions should be punished to prevent harm to other individuals either directly or indirectly as a result of the action (note that this is the basis of the Socialist argument). The use of this example will hinge on downplaying the physical harm to others that is caused by suicide.
Second, is the punishment of an action in order to demonstrate that it is unaceptable to the society's moral framework and set an example that it should not be done. In the case of suicide this is redundant since no greater punishment can be imposed than the death which results if the attempt is sucessful. As a result any punishment would likely not be considered as a factor to someone who doesn't expect to be within the reach of the legal system afterward.

Answer 3

Use your own ideas. For example, using my own ideas, suicides are most commonly practiced by teens. I think suicides really hurt families, and people should be punished for telling their families through their actions "You matter to me so little I am willing to make you greive for my death, possibly guilt-tripping you, too."

On the other hand, a suicide attempt may not be reformed by punishment, only counseling.

Go from there.

Answer 4

Suicide is its own punishment. It carries a built-in death penalty if you succeed.

Side note: Since we have no worldwide law enforcement (Thank God), I find that aspect of the question somewhat humorous.

-Aztec276

Answer 5

Maybe you can use this at some stage: All UK Libraries have ceased holding books on suicide. No-one ever returned them....