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by tmn 1027 days ago
Is it morally wrong to eat a cupcake? I’m not a smoker nor would I want anyone I care about to smoke, but have you thought through the extrapolation of your assertion?

Similarly, old people are a drag on society. It’s not at all clear that reducing lifespan is a decrease on net productivity.

I would not want those I care about to die early, nor would I deny anyone else the same hope for the sake of productivity. But I can be objective enough to acknowledge the tradeoffs.