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    It is not the case that Natural law arguments against suicide are unpersuasive

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    • 1.Natural law arguments cannot be disentangled from a highly speculative theistic metaphysics
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    • 2.The claim that humans naturally preserve themselves is contradicted by observed self-destructive human behaviors
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    • 3.Other acts such as religious martyrdom also violate natural laws yet are assumed not to be condemned by God, making the prohibition on suicide appear arbitrary
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