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    It is not the case that Social obligations are not fully dischargeable at a fixed point, since ongoing relationships—familial, civic, mentorial—generate new duties continuously (Hardwig, 'Is There a Duty to Die?').

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    • 1.What appears as 'new' duties may be specifications of standing obligations, not genuinely novel duties requiring discharge.
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    • 2.Claiming continuous duty generation risks making obligations indefinite and inescapable, undermining meaningful moral agency.
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    • 3.Some obligations can be discharged: repaying debts, keeping specific promises. The claim overgeneralizes from relational duties.
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    • 1.Relationships are dynamic entities that evolve; their moral weight changes as circumstances shift, generating genuinely new duties.
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    • 2.A parent's duty to a child transforms as the child ages, demonstrating obligations aren't fixed but regenerate contextually.
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    • 3.Discharging duties completely would require relationships to end; their continuation logically entails continuous obligation renewal.
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