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by the_gastropod 892 days ago
> If having those restrictions makes the world worse overall, then it would be ethical to remove them

Worse how? As defined by whom?

You could make a pretty compelling argument that "the world" would be better off by, e.g., forcing cancer patients through drug trials against their will. We basically could speed run a cure to cancer!

These longtermist, ends justify the means, ideas can easily turn extremely gross.