Part one of term paper
is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States (www.rochford.org). According to Webster's Dictionary, is "the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind." has taken the lives of over 30, 000 people in the U.S., which is more than the ...

Part two of term paper
... drinking hemlock, was an action of honor (socrates.clarke.edu/aplg0503.htm). Thus, it was the decision of Socrates to drink the poison when he had the chance for escape. Judas committed after turning Christ into the authorities. He voluntarily hung himself from a tree to compensate, he thought, for his actions. Both Judas and Socrates fit the definition of because they took their own lives. The reasons for why people commit listed on www.psycom.net include reasons that are very self ...