A father can invoke his own authority to order the act that kills him.

Evidence

Instead of being comforted by my words, my father suddenly screamed at me: “You talk about kibbud av. I’m ordering you to kick that stool. That is your father’s command.” — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 642

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: The commandment to honor the father becomes the very justification for ending his life — moral logic inverts under extremity.
• XREF: connects to: Paternal authority once derived from a father’s social role, not private will. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 175

Broader Connections

• Paternal authority once derived from a father’s social role, not private will. #qualifies (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 175