Difference between revisions of "Altruistic suicide"

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Altruistic suicide is suicide required by society (for example, kamikaze attacks practiced by the Japanese during World War II).

Abnormal Psychology, Rosenhan & Seligman, 1984

Revision as of 17:20, September 30, 2007 (view source) Jenkins (talk \| contribs) (Fixing spelling to rmv redlink. The definition strikes me as a bit misleading/lacking as it doesn't exactly highlight why this is "altruistic") ← Older edit		Revision as of 17:21, September 30, 2007 (view source) Jenkins (talk \| contribs) (On second thought, you maybe meant this, judging by the WW2 reference...) Newer edit →
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−	'''Altruistic suicide''' is [[suicide]] required by society (for example, [[~~harakiri~~]] as practiced by the Japanese during World War II).	+	'''Altruistic suicide''' is [[suicide]] required by society (for example, [[kamikaze]] attacks practiced by the Japanese during World War II).

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