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DanielLC comments on Is Politics the Mindkiller? An Inconclusive Test - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanielLC 29 July 2012 12:54:54AM 2 points [-]

That has a pretty similar result as the government forcing you to donate and slight change in the tax system.

You could get more if you contractually agreed not to smoke or take certain dangerous jobs.

That part would be useful.

Comment author: Dolores1984 29 July 2012 12:59:31AM 2 points [-]

Certainly, but loss-of-autonomy has a cost associated with it, in my utility ordering, at any rate. I think it's best to allow people to do what they want with their bodies. Creating incentives is far less intrusive, in terms of personal freedom, than forcing a single course of action on everyone. Besides which, leaving aside the provisional issue at hand, I don't like to think too hard about the legal implications of deciding that people don't own their bodies and brains.