April 3 Tip: Our need for each other: an argument against suicide

From "On Being": Our need for each other: an argument against suicide

(The April 3 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.onbeing.org/program/jennifer-michael-hecht-hope-for-our-future-selves/20140327/audio?embed=1

"Your staying alive means so much more than you really know or that anyone is aware of at this moment."

Philosopher, historian, and poet Jennifer Michael Hecht has traced how Western civilization has at times demonized those who commit suicide, at times celebrated it as a moral freedom. She proposes a reframed cultural conversation, based not on morality or rights but on our essential need for each other.