Altruistic suicide
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Altruistic suicide is the sacrifice of one's life in order to save or benefit others, for the good of the group, or to preserve the traditions and honor of a society. It is always intentional. Benevolent suicide refers to the self-sacrifice of one's own life for the sake of the greater good.[1] Such a sacrifice may be performed for the sake of executing a particular action, or for the sake of keeping a natural balance in the society.
Altruistic suicide was seen by
In contrast, a "sacrifice" which is committed by the force of a
Rituals
If a person willingly ends his or her own life, it is not necessarily considered a tragic death.[citation needed] Émile Durkheim notes that in some cultures there is a duty to intentionally commit ritual suicide.
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Durkheim also observes that altruistic suicide is unlikely to occur much in contemporary Western society where "individual personality is increasingly freed from the collective personality".
Emergencies
In contemporary Western society, this is seldom referred to as
Self-sacrificial acts of heroism, such as
Protests
Thailand
In 2020,
Tibet
As of May 2022, 160 monks, nuns, and ordinary people have
Tunisia
United States of America
On April 22, 2022, climate activist
On February 25th, 2024, American serviceman Aaron Bushnell fatally set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., to protest Israeli government's conduct in the Israel–Hamas war and his own government's support of Israel.
Vietnam
In 1963, Vietnamese monk Thich Quang Duc committed altruistic suicide through the means of self-immolation. He did this to protest the treatment of Buddhist practicing peoples by the South Vietnamese government. [24][25]
See also
- Advocacy of suicide
- Altruism
- Cadmean victory
- Half a Life (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- HMS Birkenhead (1845)
- Human shield
- Martyr
- Pyrrhic victory
- Revolutionary Suicide
- Self-denial
- Self-sacrifice in Jewish law
- Utilitarianism
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