Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life. Because this definition does not specify the outcome of such acts, it is customary to distinguish between fatal suicide and attempted, or nonfatal, suicide.

Disposition of body

Timo Virkkala argued that suicide is (or can be) a tort against others because it constitutes littering with one's body, by abandoning it, if one does it carelessly. Stephan Kinsella remarked, "I like your theory, but it's hard to enforce any penalty." It was noted that one of the problems is that it is difficult to get a business license to establish a one-stop suicide-and-body-disposal service. In a free market, much as one gets a deposit for empty bottles or salvage value for a wrecked car, one could get cash for one's mortal remains. There might be the possibility of reprocessing the bodies into food (much as in Soylent Green) or selling them to necrophiliacs for personal enjoyment or to medical schools as cadavers for use in teaching students or conducting medical research.