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Extinctivists vs. Inextinctivists: Bloodguilt

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I'm an extinctivist and feel great remorse if someone in my care or under my power dies.
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I'm an extinctivist and feel moderate remorse if someone in my care or under my power dies.
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I'm an extinctivist and feel little remorse if someone in my care or under my power dies.
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I'm an inextinctivist and feel great remorse if someone in my care or under my power dies.
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I'm an inextinctivist and feel moderate remorse if someone in my care or under my power dies.
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I'm an inextinctivist and feel little remorse if someone in my care or under my power dies.
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Extinctivists vs. Inextinctivists: Bloodguilt

Postby Twinkling Butterfly » Fri May 13, 2011 9:33 pm

I know that for a lot of people who have lost someone close to them—especially someone dependent on their care, such as a child or disabled family member or a medical patient—grief is worsened by the feeling that one has caused the dead person's loss in some way. I'm curious to know how extinctivism and inextinctivism influence this feeling or thought pattern.

For those of you unfamiliar with the terms: basically, extinctivism is the belief that death is real, and inextinctivism (or is it anextinctivism?) is the negation of that. Inextinctivists think humans (and possibly other animals) are actually immortal, that when we "die," we don't really, we just leave our vessels, as the phrase goes.
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Re: Extinctivists vs. Inextinctivists: Bloodguilt

Postby biitchelectric » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:49 pm

What about those who cannot decide, either way?
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