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When someone kills themselves because they believe that the cause they are dying for is more important than their own life. For example: a soldier falling on a grenade

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What is altruistic sucide?

An altruistic suicide is when someone kills themselves for the benefit of others, or for the greater good. French sociologist Emile Durkheim categorized suicide as either altruistic, egoistic, anomic, and fatalistic. Altruistic suicide examples would be an elderly person, in some societies, who commits suicide as they reach old age or become ill, so as to not be a burden to their community. Another example would be that of a soldier knowingly entering into a lethal situation to save the lives of others.


What is Alturistic suicide?

Altruistic. It's killing yourself to help society, an individual, etc.


What part of speech is the word altruistic?

Altruistic is an adjective.


What type of suicide is conducted if the person cannot deal with defeat... Is it fatalistic suicide Egoistic suicide Anomic suicide or altruistic suicide?

None of the above because all those types of suicide have to do with social disorganization and the social bonds of individuals. Anomic is closest because it refers to an event that undermines social organization, which causes confusion in terms of moral beliefs and rules. For example: a business man killing himself after the economic downturn.


What is altruistic preservation?

Altruistic preservation is a philosophy of preserving nature for its own sake.


Is it bad to commit suicide?

If one can find noble cause in self sacrafice ,one might see the example of the passive budhist monks selfimolate in protest against the brutal treatment of monks from the oppressive dictatorship.some perceive this act as altruistic or 'worthy' suicide.


When a person is altruistic how do you describe?

An altruistic person is unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others. For example, Mother Theresa was an altruistic person, some say.


How do you use altruistic in a sentence?

Here are some examples:The altruistic mayor was genuinely concerned about the plight of undernourishment children.He married an altruistic woman who thinks more about how to make her husband happy than herself.Jace's altruistic tendencies made him an excellent friend and confidant.She has an altruistic personality and is well suited to work as a nurse.


What altruistic behavior?

Altruistic behavior is that which concerns itself with the good of others. Many altruistic people give large sums of money to charities or work in soup kitchens.


Opposite of a hedonistic?

Altruistic .


If you are altruistic you behave in a way?

SELFLESS


What sentence can you make with the word altruristic?

Altruistic means to be selfless and helpful. An example of a sentence would be: "The country thanked the altruistic heroes for saving them".