Emile Durkheim's Arguments Against Egotistical Suicide

Suicide is consider an act of taking one’s life voluntary or intentionally. Until this day studies and observation is still being done to understand the cause or decision to take one’s life. A well know sociologist by the name of Emile Durkheim has pioneered and made an effort to understand a horrifying human action towards one self with case studies and factual data. Many people who commit suicide tend to be portrayed as mentally ill or a lunatic in some cases. Assumptions that seemed factual such as race, climate, and Imation are just reason some may think people commit suicide. Hell, I thought people in Alaska committed suicide because it was too cold, but that’s not true. Durkheim knew that there was more to know about suicide. Durkheim …show more content…
In addition to marriage expectation from your partner needs to be fulfilled, that means any obligation or challenges must be taken on with you and your partner. The reason marriage is said to be an in egotistical suicide is due to difficulties in marriage. Deciding to get married at an early age is believed to influence suicide; specifically some partners may not have certain qualities such as health, wealth, or principles to with stand such commitment. However; marriage if both partners are able to work together. Marriage does bring a feeling of belonging which makes separation difficult especially with …show more content…
Those who do not feel they are valuable towards society as they once were, they feel hopeless with that being said it is the persons duty to take his own life away. People who reach a certain age along with being sick they tend to not want to suffer no more. If a person continues to live there self-esteem becomes low and would want to die. Most of the time egotistical plays apart because that individual feels detached from society. An example is an army veteran, there are praised every year for what they have done yet, as time goes on they figure there is no more to life. Another aspect of altruistic suicide is the connection a veteran had to the military, the refusal to leave the military because that person doesn’t see himself or herself own identity outside of the military; the refusal to leave the military because that person doesn’t see himself or herself own identity outside of the military; the military is sort of like a special environment for that person which everyone has the same identity from same haircut, clothes, and mindset. A solider witnessing suicide first hand of a chief can also motivate a militant to follow in the footsteps because of honor. Individuals in depressing circumstances do not feel happy because they do not feel alive or useful in society. Even wealthy people fall into the picture of altruistic suicide because they have everything but feel as if they have nothing because they are not happy.