altruistic suicide

(agathusia, benevolent suicide)

is a kind of:

• suicide

According to Durkheim's typology a suicide for the good of others.

See also:

- Choose - anomic suicide egoistic suicide fatalistic suicide

Movies

- Choose - A Tale of Two Cities (1935) Gran Torino Hell's Angels In the Heart of the Sea John Dies at the End Les Misérables (2012) Night of the Demons (2009) No More Orchids Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows So Proudly We Hail! The Aeronauts The Fall The Hunger Games: Catching Fire The Life of David Gale The Ninth Configuration Unknown (2011)

People

- Choose - Emile Durkheim