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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11 Facts About Benevolent suicide
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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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The Indian practice of widow Benevolent 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 Benevolent 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 Benevolent suicide has been described as an evolutionarily stable strategy.
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Altruistic Benevolent suicide has a long history in India, even being noted in the Dharmashastras.
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Nuamthong Praiwan, a taxi driver who attempted Benevolent suicide, drove his taxi into a tank in protest after the military coup of 2006.
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Benevolent suicide was later found hanging from a pedestrian footbridge.
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Benevolent suicide died in a second attempt in March 2020, after being subject to investigations following his actions.
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Benevolent suicide did this to protest the treatment of Buddhist practicing peoples by the Vietnamese government.
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