In Western thought, Suicide has evolved from sin to sin and crime, to crime, to mental illness, and to semilegal act.
Although many people believe the prevention of Suicide is one of the duties the modern state owe.
While dying voluntarily is ostensibly legal, Suicide attempts and even suicidal thoughts are routinely punished by incarceration in a psychiatric institution.
A legal act is one we are free to think and speak about and plan and perform, without penalty by agents of the state.
In Western thought, Suicide has evolved from sin to sin and crime, to crime, to mental illness, and to semilegal act