Morendil comments on Ethics and rationality of suicide - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 03 May 2011 09:12:42PM *  4 points [-]

Rephrasing: someone died irreversibly who had expressed an interest in cryonic suspension instead; it would have been better for him, and no one else would have been worse off, if his preferences had been respected. In this instance the law leads to a less than optimal outcome.