Any literature on japan’s longheld honorable view of suicide?

[Volatile]

i, like most of you, have been indoctrinated into the belief that suicide is awful, sinful, wicked, etc. I want to override that indoctrination with the opposing viewpoint

 

[TheSternal]

If you look up online there are sites stating that in certain situations suicide was common for Japanese, but usually in times of war. Sepukku, kamikaze and banzai charges (human wave attacks during WW2). I'd recommemd looking up different philosophies that are okay with suicide if you want to put your mind at ease.

 

[Amy Ulrich]

Most people have not been indoctronated as you say, but rather, just indoctrinated that it is okay to torture people who are suicidal by preventing them physically as a stranger or by putting them to malicious incarceration. But whoever says it is "evil" or "makes you bad" is uncommon and not many people would ever say that...

 

[Squidward]

I'm not sure that's the right direction. Suicide is tolerated in Japan largely because the individual is of little to no importance in comparison to the community/family.

Allot of the times it's not about respecting an individuals right to make a choice for themselves but rather obliging the weird or non-contributing individuals to do their community a favor.

Doesn't seem like a great alternative imo.

 

[Justanotherconsumer]

"Death before dishonor" springs to mind, if someone is relegated to the bottom of the food chain usually by legal means, your making that person worthless in society.

 

[Nonexistence]

Soooo many tall buildings to jump from in Japan. Wish I lived in one there or lived right next to one.

 

[bigj75]

"Death before dishonor" springs to mind, if someone is relegated to the bottom of the food chain usually by legal means, your making that person worthless in society.

This!

Death is better than letting people get to the point of dishonor.

 

[MAIO]

i, like most of you, have been indoctrinated into the belief that suicide is awful, sinful, wicked, etc. I want to override that indoctrination with the opposing viewpoint

We could talk about about suicide in front of audiences in Rome that was seen as entertainment an honorable or a million other things. The opposite of your life belonging to God is your life belonging to self or no one.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_suicide




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_suicide