Why, According to Marquis, Is It Wrong to Kill and Adult

question 27

Essay

Why, according to Marquis, is it wrong to kill and adult human? An Epicurean might say that just as it is incoherent to say "before I was conceived/born, I was deprived of all the value of my past" it is also incoherent to say "when I die, I am deprived of all the value of my future." Imagine how Marquis and Epicurus (Reading 25) might respond to each other. What, if anything, do you find convincing in either of their points of view, and why?

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