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    Challenges→It is irrational to object to death (assuming it ends our existence).

    Because the subject of deprivation exists only in the forward direction, the asymmetry between prenatal and posthumous non-existence is ontologically grounded, not merely sentimental.

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    Deprivation(in social and economic discussions)
    The state of lacking something important that you need or deserve, like basic resources, rights, or opportunities.
    Ontologically grounded(explaining what makes something truly exist or real)
    Actually existing or being explained/justified by something real—rather than just being a coincidence or having the same members without a deeper reason.
    Posthumous(Refers to nonexistence after a person dies.)
    Occurring or existing after someone's death.
    Prenatal(Refers to nonexistence before you were conceived or born.)
    The period before a person is born; anything relating to the time before birth.
    asymmetry(Modal logic frame semantics)

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    A frame property expressible in hybrid logic by the formula c→□¬◇c, meaning if world x accesses world y, then y does not access x.
    non-existence(what the argument wrongly concludes)
    Something not being real or not actually existing.
    sentimental(as used to distinguish between emotional reactions and deeper truths)
    Based on feelings or emotions rather than on facts or logic.

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