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    It is not the case that If the symmetry argument succeeds, any rational preference for future over past life extension rests on a temporal bias—mere proximity to the present—rather than a principled asymmetry.

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    • 1.Future life remains open to our agency and choices, while past life is causally sealed; this structural difference justifies asymmetric preferences independent of bias.
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    • 2.Our phenomenological experience of time's directedness (anticipation vs. memory) reflects genuine metaphysical features, not mere bias or proximity effects.
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    • 3.Preferring future extension serves forward-looking prudential interests (continued projects, relationships), while past extension cannot fulfill such interests.
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    • 1.We cannot rationally prefer future events over past ones if the only difference is temporal location, since temporal location itself carries no intrinsic value.
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    • 2.Asymmetries in our attitudes toward past and future life extension track only our causal relationship to them, not principled reasons for differential concern.
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    • 3.If we reject temporal bias in other domains (e.g., moral weight), consistency demands rejecting it regarding life extension preferences.
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