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    It is not the case that If it is not that the debt is finite, then it is not that the debt can be paid

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    • 1.Perpetual payment streams (e.g., annuities, interest-bearing debt) are payable indefinitely without being 'completed' first.
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    • 2.Infinite debts could be payable through infinite time; the claim confuses completion with practical discharge.
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    • 3.A debt's payability depends on resources and willingness, not logical finiteness; infinity doesn't make something impossible.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Payment requires completing a finite sequence of actions; infinite sequences cannot be completed by definition.
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    • 2.Creditors cannot rationally demand what is logically impossible; infinite debts are logically impossible to discharge.
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    • 3.Moral obligations presuppose feasibility; owing an infinite debt violates the basic principle that ought implies can.
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