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1. Identify the different types of suicide. What in your opinion, are the reasons for so carefully defining the concept of suicide?

2. Discuss Feinberg's augument that it is a person's right to commit suicide because of "personal autonomy". Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

3. According to Schopenhauer, why does Christianity consider suicide a sin? Do you agree? Explain. Research another culture that would agree with your point of view and discuss their thoughts. Be sure to reference this information, so I can access it easily.

RESPOND TO ANOTHER STUDENT. This response should acknowledge something that you did not know that the other student wrote, add additional information to the student's post.

Altruistic Suicide; is when an individual would die for the greater good, of others, desired or beliefs.

Reasonable Suicide; when an individual see death has the only way out, to get immediate relief from his/her distress.

Unreasonable Suicide; when an individual is so depress to a point beyond recognition and reasoning, that death is the only comforting reward.

Sub intentional Suicide; when the death of an individual plays a partial unconscious, role in his/her own self destruction.

Suicide is a problem that affects all people, in every age group, background, social classes, who willing decides to terminate one's own life, out of despair, drugs abuse, and mental disorder, self worth, and terminal illnesses.

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