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    We do not want to have been born earlier (we do not want ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The asymmetry in our attitudes toward prenatal and posthumous nonexistence shows that we are more concerned about the indefinite continuation of our lives than about their indefinite extension.

    We do not want to have been born earlier (we do not want to have always existed), even though that is also a way to extend life.

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    Fifth is further issues that may lead us to doubt the harm thesis. One is a further question about deprivationism: we are not always harmed by what deprives us of things; what makes some of these worrisome and not others? Next is a question concerning the fact that there are two different directions in which our lives could be extended: into the past (our lives could have been longer if they began earlier), or into the future (they could have been longer if they ended later). Assuming the former does not matter to us, why should the latter?

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