5. Therefore, I ought to keep myself alive.

Why

From #3 and #4. Note that the 'ought' of #4-5 is a only a prima facie ought; it might be over-ruled by other conflicting oughts. ('I ought not make myself and others suffer needlessly' comes to mind.) But #5 secures an initial presumption that a well-ordered 'I' seeks life.


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