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Since the mid 20th century the medical field has been able to prolong the average lifespan by a substantial amount of years. With this comes many chronic illnesses and people wanting the option to be able to end their lives with the assistance of medical professionals (Yount). Throughout the past decade or so this topic has become highly criticized as to whether it is ethical or not. Presently, in both today’s society, and the society presented in Huxley’s Brave New World, assisted suicide is a topic of the times. In modern society the topic is one for much debate, while in Brave New World it is considered as normal as getting a haircut. However, the truth of the matter is that assisted suicide is an unethical and overly accessible way for

Suicide is a complicated topic because there are so many views on why people do it. Denys de Catanzaro’s theory is one that most people may not believe

“Suicide may be a way of expressing grievances. To this extent, it can be explained with a theory of social control. The central task of a theory of social control is to explain why, given that a conflict occurs, it is handled in one way and not another” (Manning,

However, as Durkheim attempted to restrict this definition to suicide being actions intended to result in loss of life, many disagreed with him (3). He then decided to search for a new definition of suicide. Digging deeper, he filed through cases deemed suicide that included actions of heroism such as a father jumping in the path of a bullet for his son. Such cases reveal a situation in which death is not desired by the individual but is nonetheless an inevitable consequence of the actions taken. This sort of suicide, according to Durkheim, should be known by any other name under the same broad term. Suicide can be divided into smaller categories. The first subcategory defined by Durkheim is Egoistic Suicide. An individual who commits a suicide of this distinction is considered to feel detached from society and thus separated from life’s meaning. He further explains by saying, a society with a focus on human interaction and involvement produces a value on the individual’s existence and contribution. If the society lacks human interaction and involvement, a low value is placed on an individual’s existence and contribution. Thus, Egoistic Suicide occurs when an individual has placed a low value on

By applying the functionalist perspective to the issue of suicide, we will highlight the importance of shared social morals and bonds. “When rapid social change or other disruptive conditions occur, moral values may erode, and people may become more uncertain about how to act and about whether or not their life has meaning” (Kendall , 2014) . Suicide falls under

In The Politics of Suicide, Maria Teresa Brancaccio, Eric J. Engstrom, and David Lederer investigate and unravel the conceptualization and operationalization of suicide in the years leading up the Emile Durkheim. It wasn’t until the age of the Enlightenment that the concept of taking one’s own life was deemed worthy of scientific analysis (Brancaccio, Engstrom, & Lederer, 2013). It was during this time that police, physicians, and mental health care providers began to determine the indicators of such potential behaviors and began to see such rising trends as modern social dilemma (2013).

Cholbi, Michael. “Suicide.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p. May 18, 2004. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.

How frequent do suicides occur? Worldwide, a suicide occurs every forty seconds, making it the 3rd leading cause of death in people ages 15-44 (Suicide Facts). With statistics as horrifying as these, it is to be expected that most people have an opinion on the matter. While beliefs, ideologies, religions, and cultural norms may shape personal preference on the subject, it can be argued that, from an ethical point of view, suicide is a valid and appropriate action. Through utilitarianism, deontology, and egoism with support from historical, cultural, and literary examples, I will show that suicide is an ethically sound choice, despite personal preferences.

    It is obvious to the TV viewer that under the banners of compassion and autonomy, some are calling for legal recognition of a "right to suicide" and societal acceptance of "physician-assisted suicide." Suicide proponents evoke the image of someone facing unendurable suffering who calmly and rationally decides death is better than life in such a state. They argue that society should respect and defer to the freedom of choice such people exercise in asking to be killed. This essay intends to debunk this point of view on the basis of mental illness among those patients involved.

In suicide, Durkheim (1952, first published 1897), who thought that suicide might be happened due to lowered social control and social change (anomie). Durkheim argued that religion may be important in affecting suicide partly because it affects conscience and ideas as well as behavior (Stack, 1992). The views of Islam suicide are consistently condemnatory and considered as criminal

When social inequality persists and end up being like a self-fulfilling prophecy, most people end up feeling emotional burdened thus opting for suicide (Bourdieu slide 13). Separation of the cultured people from the uncultured in accordance to class thus affects their livelihoods. It however becomes burdensome especially among people who are perceived to be failures. Often, one ends up trying to prove to the world that they are not failures and in the process, they forget their purposes in life (Tony par. 21). This may lead to psychological depression thus affecting behavior and character. If this happens to fail, they become depressed and opt for suicide in order to end their emotional turmoil. Therefore, thirst for power and social status end up being a driving force in this

The pattern which can be identified when looking at the differences in health and illness when comparing mortality rates and geographical location, in that those from London are less likely to commit suicide as a result of a mental health issue than those from then North East of England. Statistics have shown that individuals from the North East had a suicide rate of 13.8 deaths per 100,000, although individuals from London had a suicide rate of 7.9 per 100,000 of the population. This is because individuals from the North East are more likely to suffer from mental health issues such as depression, due to their lifestyle or rates of unemployment. The key perspective which would be used in order to explain the differences in health would be Marxism.

Discussing suicide can be a very controversial and thought provoking issue. At first glance, one may just think it’s a very black and white topic, and most would agree that suicide consists of someone voluntarily taking their own life. For most people, they would believe it is wrong, but what about in certain cases where the person that chooses suicide is enduring severe suffering? What is the appropriate view about assisted suicide? Why is teen suicide so prevalent? This book addresses these questions, along with many others. The book “Suicide” gives many different views from many different writers regarding the discussion of suicide in hopes of bringing a new thought and outlook on the topic. (Connors). There are several other discussions in the book, such as suicide bombing, but to focus on a certain aspect of the book I will leave that topic out.

Suicide has been a serious issue throughout the Western world. In the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries “free will versus determination and the rights of the individual versus the rights of God of the society” were two of the major concerns with European thinkers (Douglas, 4). Which led to the question, is it morally wrong for one to take his or her own life (Douglas, 4)? In the nineteenth century the decline in “empiricism” seemed to be the clear cause of suicide (Douglas, 5). In addition, during the nineteenth century, there were different “social” causes to suicide. For example, many people during this time believed that “suicide was inherited because moral character is inherited, and suicide occurred more repeatedly in cities than in rural areas because it was believed that cities caused more depression because individuals have more free time to think” (Douglas, 6). However, even though these explanations seemed to appear continuously, there was still need for scientific study and reasoning (Douglas,6). As a result, during the eighteenth and nineteenth century, the need to study for “facts” and ‘things” increasingly grew (Douglas, 6). Durkheim’s work on suicide is the source for most sociologist with his “model of research methods and model of the integration of theory and

Global stratification can be defined that globe countries and areas are not on an equal footing in the process of economic, political and cultural globalization (Andersen & Taylor, 2006). The economic globalization has exacerbated the imbalance of world economy and has widened the wealth gap. Globalization has brought unfair relationships between developing countries and developed countries. Gao (2000) noted that economic globalization has expanded the gap between South and North. And it has brought huge shocks to national economy of developing countries. The international economic organizations like the Word Bank, IMF and WTO are in the hand of developed countries (El-Ojeili, C. & Hayden, P., 2006.). All the principles, institutions and sequences for the world economic operation are made by them. (Sklair, 2002)What’s more, the economic, technical and management advantages that is owned by Western countries cannot be easily and fully surpassed by developing countries.