Marginalium

A note in the margins

January 21, 2023

Marginalium

My commentary on something from elsewhere on the web.

Everything is better than death? I’m left highly unconvinced by this. Here is an extract:

There is a popular idea that some very large amount of suffering is worse than death. I don’t subscribe to it

I predict that most (all?) ethical theories that assume that some amount of suffering is worse than death - have internal inconsistencies. 

My prediction is based on the following assumption:

  • permanent death is the only brain state that can’t be reversed, given sufficient tech and time

  • The non-reversibility is the key. 


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