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    It is not the case that The self that would exercise the right to die is necessarily annihilated in its exercise, making suicide categorically unlike any other property disposal.

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    • 1.Many legitimate rights are exercised without the agent existing afterward (e.g., donating one's body to science, setting burial instructions).
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    • 2.The annihilation of the self is a *consequence* of the act, not what makes it categorically different—many choices have irreversible consequences.
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    • 3.If the right to bodily autonomy is foundational, its scope shouldn't depend on whether the agent survives to experience the outcome.
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    • 1.Property rights presume the owner exists after exercise to enjoy or manage consequences; suicide eliminates this prerequisite entirely.
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    • 2.Other rights (selling property, voting) are reversible or create future states the agent can experience; death is categorically irreversible.
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    • 3.The self that decides to die cannot ratify or regret the decision post-exercise, unlike with any other autonomous choice.
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