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    It is not the case that Suicide does not constitute treating oneself unjustly

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Consent cannot be given by a future self who is permanently silenced by the act consented to, undermining the voluntariness condition.
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    • 2.Aristotle held that suicide wrongs the polis by depriving the community of a member, suggesting injustice extends beyond self-regarding harm.
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    • 3.An act can constitute self-injustice when it violates duties one owes to oneself as a rational agent, as Kant argued in the Metaphysics of Morals.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.If persons have inalienable interests in continued existence grounded in their rational nature, they cannot validly consent to extinguishing that nature.
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    • 2.What appears voluntary may reflect severely compromised rational agency, making the consent condition in P1 empirically defeasible in most actual cases.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A voluntary act that harms only oneself is consensual
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    • 2.Consensual harm to oneself cannot be an injustice done to oneself
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