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    Where one's continued existence constitutes a necessary c... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Society does not have a moral claim on its members' labor, talents, or virtue that compels contribution to societal well-being regardless of harm to the individual

    Where one's continued existence constitutes a necessary condition for discharging those obligations, self-destruction can constitute a defection from fair cooperative terms.

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    • 1.Fair cooperation requires each party to maintain the capacity to fulfill their commitments over the agreed duration.
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    • 2.Unilaterally ending one's existence violates reciprocal trust that underwrites cooperative agreements.
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    • 3.Others may have justifiably relied on your continued participation, making exit a breach of that reliance.
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    • 1.No one has an unconditional right to another's continued existence; autonomy includes the right to withdraw from cooperation.
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    • 2.Obligations cannot override fundamental rights to bodily integrity and self-determination in matters of life and death.
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    • 3.Calling suicide a 'defection' moralizes desperation and may wrongly guilt those facing unbearable suffering into staying alive.
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    Calling suicide a 'defection' moralizes desperation and may wrongly guilt those ...Fair cooperation requires each party to maintain the capacity to fulfill their c...No one has an unconditional right to another's continued existence; autonomy inc...Obligations cannot override fundamental rights to bodily integrity and self-dete...
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    Others may have justifiably relied on your continued participation, making exit ...Society does not have a moral claim on its members' labor, talents, or virtue th...Unilaterally ending one's existence violates reciprocal trust that underwrites c...

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