# Ethics of Suicide (tangent from "van lifer goes missing" thread)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 26, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-suicide-tangent-from-van-lifer-goes-missing-thread/955159 "2021-11-26T04:16:38Z")
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### Author: ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-suicide-tangent-from-van-lifer-goes-missing-thread/955159/17 "2021-11-28T02:34:20Z")

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> [@Van lifer goes missing on cross country trip with fiancee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-lifer-goes-missing-on-cross-country-trip-with-fiancee/950604/1326):
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> It’s counterintuitive to me that eliminating ones-self can be selfish.

Anyone facing life in prison may quite possibly (and perhaps even quite reasonably) see that as a fate worse than death. If so, suicide may seem like a preferable option. And it might well be.

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