Advocacy of suicide, also known as pro-suicide, has occurred in many cultures and subcultures.
Confucianism holds that one should give up one's life, if necessary, either passively or actively, for the sake of upholding the cardinal moral values of ren (altruism) and yi (righteousness).
A study by the British Medical Journal found that Web searches for information on suicide are likely to return sites that encourage, and even facilitate, suicide attempts.
[2] While pro-suicide resources were less frequent than neutral or anti-suicide sites, they were nonetheless easily accessible.
"[6] William Francis Melchert-Dinkel, 47 years old in May 2010, from Faribault, Minnesota, a licensed practical nurse from 1991 until February 2009, stands accused of encouraging people to die by suicide while he watched voyeuristically on a webcam.