Why is direct, deliberate suicide outside of certain cultural

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>>3109108

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Some circumstances allow for suicide to be the most honorable path.
wtf you mean man?

>All cultures are constant

>>3109118

I know that. There's a distinction between direct and indirect suicide.

Direct would be sitting in a burning house.

Indirect would be going in to save people and die as a result.

>>3109169
In the West it's a result of Christianity, in which suicide was seen as a claim you knew what to do with your life (discard it) more than God knew.

In the East honor suicide is a thing.

>>3109193

>In the East honor suicide is a thing.

It can be in certain circumstances. Outside of that, its generally considered cowardice.

>>3109407
because it hurts church attendance
>literally 13 capchas later

>>3109193

So its more of an occidental/oriental thing?

>>3109108
Death is scary because it forces people to consider their own mortality.
Suicide is scary because it forces to people to consider the existential question, which the majority are ill-equipped to answer.

>>3109193
>>3109407
Can be an honour thing in the West too.

t. In Bruges and Filth

>Is there a biological or even inherent moral imperative to self preservation?

Yes, a biological one. Dude, have you never unsuccessfully tried to suicide?

DESU almost succeeding scared me enough that I stopped attempting it, because of the sheer primal terror I encountered.

>>3109108
Its completely a cultural thing. I'd suggest the majority of human cultures have considered suicide acceptable under various circumstances