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Another consideration regarding suicide paternalism: the way we do things now, people considering whether to commit suicide are disincentivized to talk it through with friends and therapists, since it may lead them to being involuntarily committed to a mental hospital (which can sometimes lead to other negative events like their being fired from their job). If on the other hand people had the chance to talk through their suicidal tendencies without fear from these repercussions, many of them might not end up attempting suicide after all,
Paternalism is often criticized as an unjust restriction of liberty. On the other hand, libertarian attitudes are often criticized for ignoring human fallibility. In this post, I propose a system of voluntary paternalism, where people can select their own paternalistic constraints when they are rational.