Rain comments on Career choice for a utilitarian giver - Less Wrong

27 Post author: juliawise 08 August 2011 02:10AM

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Comment author: Rain 16 August 2011 02:28:17AM *  2 points [-]

This got me thinking about end of life planning. Should I strive to go into retirement with very little money left, having donated it all to charity, and so avoid the exhorbitant costs of life support at the end?

Comment author: Vaniver 16 August 2011 03:13:28AM 5 points [-]

I don't see why that's necessary. Just write a living will that discusses what treatments you refuse (or the value you place on your final time), and possibly have a suicide mechanism in place in case you think people will force treatment onto you. If you have insurance and very few assets, lots of money could still be wasted on keeping you alive when you don't want to be, and so I don't see how having less assets helps with this plan.