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We can even think of cases where
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your life is worse than nothing,
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you'd be better off dead,
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and there is no medical alternative of a cure available to you,
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but for all that, it still isn't morally legitimate
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to kill yourself in terms of the utilitarian outlook.
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Because, as always,
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we have to think about the consequences for others.
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And there may be others
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who'd be so adversely affected by your death
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that the harm to them outweighs
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the cost to you of keeping yourself alive.