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    Challenges→Mortality is a misfortune (death is bad for us).

    Whether more life is good depends on the quality and narrative completeness of that life, not merely its quantity (Bernard Williams, 1973).

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    • 1.A life of mere biological existence without meaningful relationships, growth, or purpose creates suffering despite duration.
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    • 2.Narrative coherence—where experiences form a meaningful arc—constitutes essential human flourishing beyond simple lifespan extension.
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    • 3.Quality metrics like autonomy, connection, and self-understanding better predict life satisfaction than years lived alone.
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    • 1.Additional life years provide continued opportunity for unexpected meaning, relationships, and experiences yet to unfold.
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    • 2.Narrative completeness is subjective and culturally variable; quantity offers objective, universally comparable value across contexts.
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    • 3.Privileging narrative structure over duration may devalue lives with cognitive disabilities or non-linear life trajectories.
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