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'.