Manfred comments on Gandhi, murder pills, and mental illness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 14 October 2010 04:28:56PM 0 points [-]

From a human perspective, other people have a right to (what seems to you) stupidity as much as they have a right to anything.

To assert something like "you know what's best" is to assert omniscience, which if true wipes away all ethical questions when you can just ask "what is the best course of action?" and take that.