Choosing to end one's own life for moral, ethical or legal reasons. A person faced with certain death after a horrible accident, crippling debts, impending imprisonment to name a few.
Essentially suicide using one's own moral compass instead of
desperation or
depression as the typical vector of suicide cases.
Having been
indicted on over a dozen felonies, Mr.
Swartz exercised what power he had over
the course of his own life and chose to 'opt out'.