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    The wrongfulness of suicide cannot rest on emotions provo... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Arguments that suicide is wrong because it produces harmful psychological reactions in survivors cannot succeed without logical circularity

    The wrongfulness of suicide cannot rest on emotions provoked by the belief that suicide is wrong

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    No doubt the suicide of a family member or loved one produces a number of harmful psychological and economic effects. In addition to the usual grief, suicide “survivors” confront a complex array of feelings. Various forms of guilt are quite common, such as that arising from (a) the belief that one contributed to the suicidal person’s anguish, or (b) the failure to recognize that anguish, or (c) the inability to prevent the suicidal act itself. Suicide also leads to rage, loneliness, and awarenes

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