11 Facts About 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.

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Benevolent suicide refers to the self sacrifice of one's own life for the sake of the greater good.

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Altruistic suicide was seen by Emile Durkheim in his book Suicide: A Study In Sociology as the product of over-integration with society.

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The Indian practice of widow Altruistic suicide is called sati, and often entails the widow lying down on her husband's funeral pyre in an act of self-immolation.

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Durkheim observes that altruistic suicide is unlikely to occur much in contemporary Western society where "individual personality is increasingly freed from the collective personality".

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Altruistic suicide has been described as an evolutionarily stable strategy.

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Altruistic suicide has a long history in India, even being noted in the Dharmashastras.

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Nuamthong Praiwan, a taxi driver who attempted Altruistic suicide, drove his taxi into a tank in protest after the military coup of 2006.

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Altruistic suicide was later found hanging from a pedestrian footbridge.

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10.

Altruistic suicide died in a second attempt in March 2020, after being subject to investigations following his actions.

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Altruistic suicide did this to protest the treatment of Buddhist practicing peoples by the Vietnamese government.

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