Suicide

Stoics

>>8749336
The Myth of Sisyphus

Schopenhauer

>>8749336
maybe you should do a little reading *before* reaching a position on the issue

>>8749408
All philosophy is simply man's defense of the way he lives.

>>8749432
what a cute, trite, false sentence

Been a while since I read this, but I remember it doing a good job of looking at all angles of the situation. 'Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide' by Kay Redfield Jamison.

Terry Pratchett was also an advocate of euthanasia, but don't know if you're going there exactly.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnu340_terry-pratchett-choosing-to-die_shortfilms

Earlier this year I was planning on writing my thesis on suicide in modernist literature. I was focusing on
>Ulysses - Leopold Bloom's father
>The Sound and the Fury - Quentin Compson, second part
>The Good Soldier (by Ford Madox Ford) - I forget the name of the lady but
>The Judgment (by Kafka)

I've since settled on a different topic but those are all good books where suicide is prominent, or relevant enough to examine the motivations of the character. I think Quentin Compson is the most compelling figure to write on, but the Judgment is a short story and if you're pressed for time I think it could give you a lot to work with too.