THE SOCIETAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SELF KILLING: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

AUTHOR – SARAVANAN V, FINAL YEAR STUDENT LLM (CRIMINAL LAW) CRESCENT SCHOOL OF LAW B S ABDUR RAHMAN CRESCENT INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VANDALUR, CHENNAI

BEST CITATION – SARAVANAN V, THE SOCIETAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SELF KILLING: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (13) OF 2025, PG. 478-489, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

INTRODUCTION :

Should a person suffering from mental illness be entitled to request assisted suicide? Does such a decision have any moral merit? The answer to this question depends on an assessment of various assumptions that lie at different levels of generalization. From a high-level perspective, it matters whether we think assisted suicide is morally justified at all. Even one level higher, the question would be whether suicide is morally justified. For the purpose of the argument of this paper I shall assume that there are justifiable cases of suicide and suicide assistance.