In Marquis's view, that a being would be denied a valuable future provides compelling reason not to end that being's life.

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Don Marquis argues that what makes killing wrong, in general, is the loss of the victim's future—a future of value, which the being is deprived of. This forms the core of his "future like ours" argument against abortion and the unjust killing of beings with valuable futures.

In Marquis's View, That a Being Would Be Denied a Valuable