There is truly but one philosophical problem, and that is “killing oneself” — Camus

That’s taken from his book, The Myth of Sisyphus.

Often, when we hear the news of someone’s passing due to “killing oneself” we ask why did he or she do it. We always pin the question down to the victim, and never to the world, in which he or she is situated in.

And the question of why was it committed disappears and is replaced by why can’t it be committed.

Is the world a meaningful place? Surely, there is no definite answer to provide.

Just like a flower, when it dies, are we to conclude: the flower is incapable of growing, or are we to investigate whether it has been watered, planted on a good soil, and being lit by the sun every morning? The same is true for human beings. Instead of asking why someone has committed the unimaginable crime of self-destruction, perhaps it is but proper to look into the world, see the circumstances, and deduce what forced a person to do it.

No sane person will do it, of course. But the perfectly sane could.

The perfectly sane are the woke, who have self-consciousness and nothing to lose in this world.

I do not encourage killing oneself. It is just that it merits some thought.