Commentary for Bava Kamma 182:2
ואין אדם רשאי לחבל בעצמו והתניא יכול נשבע להרע בעצמו ולא הרע יהא פטור ת"ל (ויקרא ה, ד) להרע או להטיב מה הטבה רשות אף הרעה רשות אביא נשבע להרע בעצמו ולא הרע
said to him: 'There could be no question regarding Degradation, as a man may put himself to shame, but even in the case of injury where a man may not injure himself, if others injured him they would be liable.' But may a man not injure himself? Was it not taught: You might perhaps think that if a man takes an oath to do harm to himself and did not do so he should be exempt. It is therefore stated: 'To do evil or to do good,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. V, 4. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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