Ah; I suspect the explanation for this second part is:
You do not consider a person capable of consent if they are depressed because of a temporary and curable imbalance in the brain/mind system (ie they are mentally ill*)
You do consider a person capable of consent if they are depressed because their life really is shit, and it’s going to stay that way (ie. a rational cost-benefit analysis would tell them “yeah, actually, you are better off dead”)
*edit: ie. they are non-consensually incapable of rationality
Ah; I suspect the explanation for this second part is:
You do not consider a person capable of consent if they are depressed because of a temporary and curable imbalance in the brain/mind system (ie they are mentally ill*)
You do consider a person capable of consent if they are depressed because their life really is shit, and it’s going to stay that way (ie. a rational cost-benefit analysis would tell them “yeah, actually, you are better off dead”)
*edit: ie. they are non-consensually incapable of rationality