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    It is not the case that The aged or others who have already made substantial contributions to societal welfare would be morally permitted to engage in suicide

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    • 1.Human dignity and the duty to preserve life are not exhausted by social contribution but inhere in personhood itself (Kant, Groundwork 4:429).
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    • 2.Treating life's permissibility as contingent on completed obligations reduces persons to instruments of social utility, violating the humanity formula.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.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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    • 2.The premise that contributions 'discharge' obligations misrepresents the web of ongoing relational duties that persist regardless of prior service rendered.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Once an individual has discharged her obligations under the societal contract, she is no longer morally obligated to continue her life
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    • 2.The aged and others who have made substantial contributions have already discharged their societal obligations
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