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Debate Score:59
Arguments:59
Total Votes:61
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Is suicide cowardly?

Yes

Side Score: 37
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No

Side Score: 22

It's a permanent solution for temporary problems .

Side: Yes

I agree because if you are brave enough to kill yourself you should be brave enough to face your reasons for wanting to kill yourself.

Side: Yes
Nebeling(1117) Disputed
1 point

What about situations where the suicidal ideation comes not from rational reflexion about the external world, but is more of neurological malfunction, which has no obvious cause? It could be people who are schizophrenic, bipolar, deranged, fearful and sad simply because that's the way they are.

Side: No
1 point

It's amazing how concisely you are able to state your arguments while at the same time being absolutely thorough.

I agree.

Side: Yes

Thank you for that.

Although I don't like to take the credit for that.

That is actually a quote made by Phil Donahue - I forgot to mention that, sorry

Side: Yes
Sitara(11080) Disputed
1 point

You wanna tap that. Admit it. ;)

Side: No
1 point

Actually, suicide is quite brave considering the implications bestowed onto oblivious family and friends. Committing suicide breaks the spirits of loved ones. Hurting others through self affliction is really brazen.

Side: No
Sitara(11080) Disputed
1 point

Tell that to people with terminal illnesses. The right to die with dignity should not be taken away.

Side: No
1 point

Tell that to people with terminal illnesses

Read my first argument again.

My point still stands - a mental illness is a temporary problem.

Would you kill yourself because of a flu? No, don't think so, that is stupid.

The right to die with dignity should not be taken away.

You have the right to die - of course.

But don't think you died with any dignity. You died as a coward.

Side: Yes
3 points

I think that it is cowardly to kill yourself because you couldn't handle what other people did to you. I mean for me I would never kill myself even if it was a last resort I wouldn't do it if I was hurt so much that I can't take it anymore.

Side: Yes
Quocalimar(6470) Clarified
1 point

I don't know you, so this is a clarification, not a dispute.

I wouldn't do it if I was hurt so much that I can't take it anymore.

I don't think you know that. Most people's biggest daily pain might be a splinter, and worse pain of their life might be a broken bone. Yet people have committed suicide for intense pains that wouldn't go away. So I definitely think if a pain was strong enough, you might consider suicide, yet I maintain the fact that I don't *know.

Side: Yes
Liam-Wittier(122) Clarified
1 point

I've considered suicide more times than I can remember. It's one of the ways I came to the conclusion that it's a coward's way out.

Side: Yes
1 point

Yeah, especially if you have a family that loves you.

Side: Yes
1 point

suicide is cowardly because you cant face life ups and downs... and after every bad time there's a good time waiting for you..

Side: Yes

It depends on the situation but mostly yes,it is cowardly.

Side: Yes
1 point

It's a way to permanently scar your loved ones and neighbors because you can't handle crap other people have been taking for their whole lives.

Side: Yes
1 point

"because you can't handle crap other people have been taking for their whole lives"

The thing about that is that everyone is different, some people are simply stronger than others, or some people have it worse or easier, it just depends. And it isn't "crap". A lot of it is serious stuff. Plus, if someone can't deal with something then they have the right to kill themselves if they want to. Yes, it will hurt their loved ones, but if they look at it from a different perspective they will see that the person is better off because they aren't dealing with their living hell anymore.

Side: No
1 point

when you suicide it means your scared of your problems or fears.Take hitler for example when he was in his last bunker days he suicide because if he was caught he would be tortured or killed he didnt want to face it so,he suicide.Mostly suicide is just a way to make all your problems disappear.Which is cowardly since your not facing your fears or problems.

Side: Yes
1 point

Cowardly is defined as: Lacking courage.

Courage is defined as: Strength in the face of pain or grief.

By this definition most suicide is cowardly, an exception could be if you are doing it for someone else, like to donate your heart to someone, or presenting yourself to a predator to allows those with you to escape.

Side: Yes
1 point

A Person commits suicide if he/she cant accept the reality they live in. They maybe suffering from problems from school,home,work,and relationships. So I say yes its cowardly cause rather than stand up to these problems people who commit suicide want to escape them rather than fix them. An exception is if the person is suffering a psychological problem and is Depressed from no reason

Side: Yes
1 point

Yes it is cowardly. Depression etc., whilst they are very serious mental illnesses, can be overcome over time with help and support. Grief however is much more devastating and in the loss of a loved one can be incurable. Suicide is an easy way to end your temporary problems, whilst passing on other, sometimes permanent problems to those who support and love you.

Side: Yes
1 point

Depends on the situation. If you are stuck in a spaceship heading towards Alpha Centauri with no fuel or contact to Earth, I think suicide isn't a cowardly solution to the predicament of dying a slow and boring death.

Side: No
1 point

no. Some people are so sick that they want to die. .

Side: No
Atrag(5666) Disputed
1 point

How does that stop it from being cowardly?

Side: Yes
TheAshman(2299) Disputed
1 point

Going out on our own terms the way you might want, rather than clueless in a hospital ward pissing and shitting in a bag, if suicide is cowardly given the choice of those two I'd rather be a coward with dignity.

Side: No
mithoo19(806) Disputed
1 point

if they are so sick why cant they accept the situation and face lifes problems .....

Side: Yes
JadynDonovan(244) Clarified
1 point

Have you ever suffered from severe depression? I am assuming you haven't, which is good. But if you have, then you would know the answer to that. When you are dealing with severe depression and have a mental illness like that it is nearly impossible to simply "face life's problems". You don't care anymore, you don't feel anything anymore, nothing seems worth anything. There is only hatred and pain, there is no strength to deal with life. That is why they can't merely "accept" the situation.

Side: Yes
Stryker(849) Disputed
1 point

Cowardly is defined as: Lacking courage.

Courage is defined as: Strength in the face of pain or grief.

Suicide due to pain or grief is by definition cowardly.

Side: Yes
Sitara(11080) Disputed
1 point

I disagree. .

Side: No

No. Saying you're gonna do it and then not doing it is cowardly .

Side: No
1 point

So you're saying that if someone is in deep depression and has suicide thoughts, but makes his way through it is a coward?

Side: Yes
JadynDonovan(244) Clarified
1 point

I believe he is saying that someone who is just saying they are going to kill themselves without true intention on doing so, simply searching for attention, then that is considered cowardly. However, I may be wrong considering I am not him.

Side: Yes

All depends on the situation. If you're having emotional problems, then yes, it is very cowardly and it is going to hurt anyone who has had even the slightest attachment to you. But, if you're going to be tortured to death very slowly and you just end it quickly, then no, you were just being reasonable.

Side: No

Maybe if it's baseless. It's still suicide if it's a sacrifice, but in most sacrifice cases it's more brave than cowardly.

Side: No
1 point

No. Its a very difficult thing to do as your body really doesn't want to die. It takes a lot of guts to end your life.

Side: No

No, it actually takes a rather large amount of courage to commit suicide.

Side: No

I don't think so. Sometimes suicide can be noble when it is done to protect another.

Side: No