Part one of term paper
The natural end of every human life is death. Some people, for reasons that have never been fully understood, choose to end their own lives. This is called , which means literally "self-killing." For all the uncertainty that has surrounded the phenomenon of , his assessment of the problem is probably as accurate as any. The individual, in se ...

Part two of term paper
... a form of execution. Perhaps the most famous such case is that of the philosopher Socrates, who was required to drink hemlock to end his life in 399 BC, after being found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens. In the 20th century the German general Erwin Rommel took poison rather than be executed for his role in a plot to oust Adolf Hitler from office. In some societies suicide has had social ties. In Japan, for example, the customs and rules of one's class have demanded suicide under certain ...