In many Western countries influenced by Christianity, suicide has been against the law, while a proverb has it that "a good death is still not as good as a bad life." All of these beliefs are various ways to persuade people to cherish life.
許多西方深受基督教文化影響的國家，法律中明文規定「自殺」有罪，俗話說「好死不如賴活」，也是一種勸人「珍惜生命」的觀念。