SUICIDE:
most RELIGIONS discourage people from taking their own lives and the act is
uncompromisingly condemned in the ABRAMIC RELIGIONS. Classical HINDUISM also opposed the
practice but JAINISM and some FORMS of BUDDHISM allow for RITUAL suicide while the
CONFUCIAN ethic in China and Japan encouraged SOCIETY to see suicide as a commendable act
in situations of loss of face and failure to perform one's duty. The practice is
widespread in many societies and can be seen as an indicator of SOCIAL well-being.
