A recent response by J. Murray, an energetic contributor to Brewed Fresh Daily [1] - struck me as fatalistic, inhumane, insensitive, and blindly lacking in informed self-interest. Reading J large, helping our neighbor is to interfere with the inevitable, efficient, scientific cycle of capitalism. I don’t believe that J’s “Man” is slave to any economic model - provided he thinks and acts.
How should we act (and act to preserve our own self interests)?
I’m not prone to quote religious text, but Samaritans [2] aren’t just religious, because for their practicality they may be labeled anti-deist as well.
It is practical to preserve life - both directly, and through preserving the environment.
The photos above are of a recently installed suicide prevention fence on a bridge over the Don Valley in Toronto, Canada.
J. - do you think the government money spent to build this fence was well spent? Or should we not interfere with “Mans” undeniable right to kill himself?
Does society save money overall when it supports those who have made “bad” decisions, or does society save money by letting those who made “bad” decisions jump off the bridge?