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    It is not the case that The maxim 'end life to prevent greater suffering' can be universalized without logical contradiction, as Hume argues in 'Of Suicide'.

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    • 1.Universalizability is a necessary but insufficient condition for moral permissibility; logical consistency ≠ ethical rightness.
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    • 2.A maxim permitting suicide under suffering could destabilize social trust and mutual aid systems if truly universalized in practice.
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    • 3.Hume's skepticism about metaphysical arguments doesn't establish that suicide-to-prevent-suffering can be consistently universalized.
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    • 1.If a maxim can be universalized without logical contradiction, it passes Kantian/Humean rational consistency tests.
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    • 2.Universal permission to end life when suffering exceeds bearable limits contains no internal logical inconsistency.
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    • 3.Hume's critique of theological objections to suicide removes the primary barrier to treating it as rationally permissible.
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