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Originally Posted by shuarma
but it's not YOU
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Sure, I can understand that. Your clone is a replica, but not you exactly. I get it.
What I'm saying is, what's the difference between killing that and a future-self who isn't you, and on top of that, different than you are?
In other words, where does the line between suicide and murder exist between killing your future self as opposed to your clone? If your future-self is different in almost all ways, and your clone is exactly the same in almost all ways, why is it we draw the conclusion that killing the future-self is still suicide and that killing the clone is murder?
I'd argue that killing your clone fit the description of killing yourself (hence, suicide) more accurately than killing your future-self who opposes who "You" are in almost all ways at the moment in time when you entered the time machine (hence murder, or killing someone else who is not you).