A Society That Honors Those Who Kill Themselves to Defend

question 17

Multiple Choice

A society that honors those who kill themselves to defend their families or country, or because of a value they hold dear, would have a higher rate of what Durkheim calls:

• A) egoistic suicide.
• B) altruistic suicide.
• C) anomic suicide.
• D) intragroup suicide.

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Orth/o

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