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    It is not the case that Death forecloses the narrative completion of a life, and the truncation of a biographical self carries evaluative weight independent of any moment of suffering.

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    • 1.Only conscious experiences (suffering or flourishing in moments) have evaluative weight; abstract narrative structures don't.
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    • 2.A person who dies without recognizing their truncation experiences no loss—the harm exists only for survivors, not the deceased.
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    • 3.Valuing 'narrative completion' privileges certain life shapes arbitrarily and may romanticize longer lives regardless of quality.
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    • 1.Human lives have narrative structure with arcs, goals, and meaning-making that extend beyond momentary experiences.
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    • 2.A life cut short loses the opportunity for projects, relationships, and self-understanding that give biographical depth.
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    • 3.We intuitively judge a death at 30 as worse than at 90 even if both involve identical suffering, suggesting non-suffering values.
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