Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Abin da ya faru: A Atina ta dā, idan mutum ya kashe kansa ba tare da amincewar gwamnati ba, ba a binne shi yadda ya kamata ba. Ana binne mutumin shi kaɗai, a bayan gari, ba tare da dutsen kabari ko alama ba. Duk da haka, an yi la'akari da shi a matsayin hanyar da za a iya yarda da ita don magance rashin nasarar soja. A tsohuwar Roma, yayin da aka ba da izinin kashe kansa da farko, daga baya aka ɗauke shi a matsayin laifi ga jihar saboda tsadar tattalin arzikinta. Aristotle ya la'anci duk wani nau'i na kashe kansa yayin da Plato ya kasance mai rikitarwa. A Roma wasu dalilai na kashe kansa sun hada da mutuwa ta son rai a cikin gwagwarmayar gladiator, da laifi game da kashe wani, don ceton rayuwar wani, sakamakon makoki, daga kunya daga fyade, da kuma tserewa daga yanayin da ba za a iya jurewa ba kamar wahalar jiki, shan kashi a soja, ko bin laifi. An dauki kashe kansa a matsayin zunubi a cikin Kiristancin Turai kuma an la'anta shi a Majalisar Arles (452) a matsayin aikin Iblis. A Zamanin Tsakiya, Cocin ya yi dogon muhawara game da lokacin da sha'awar shahada ta zama kisan kai, kamar yadda yake a batun shahidai na Córdoba. Duk da waɗannan jayayya da kuma hukunce-hukuncen hukuma na lokaci-lokaci, koyarwar Katolika ba ta tabbata ba game da batun kashe kansa har ƙarshen ƙarni na 17. Dokar kisa da Louis na 14 na Faransa ya bayar a shekara ta 1670 tana da tsanani sosai, har ma a lokacin: Ana jan gawar mutum a kan titi, fuskarsa a kasa, sai a rataye ko kuma a jefa a kan shara. Bugu da ƙari, an kwace duk dukiyar mutum. Halin da ake ciki game da kashe kansa a hankali ya fara canzawa a lokacin Renaissance. Aikin John Donne Biathanatos ya ƙunshi ɗayan farkon kariya ta zamani game da kashe kansa, yana kawo hujja daga halayen mutane na Littafi Mai-Tsarki, kamar Yesu, Samson da Shawulu, da kuma gabatar da hujjoji kan dalilai na hankali da yanayi don amincewa da kashe kansa a wasu yanayi. Secularization na al'umma wanda ya fara a lokacin Hasken Haske ya yi tambaya game da al'adun addini na al'ada game da kashe kansa kuma ya kawo ra'ayi na zamani ga batun. David Hume ya musanta cewa...  Tambaya: Ina aka binne mutanen da suka kashe kansu?
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