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Historical examples of flinching away
codythegreen00

Many of them committed suicide rather than be taken prisoner or surrender there are many articles and such on the war in the pacific theatre and almost all of them mention that. Although the ones with veterans interviews would be most helpful.

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0Nornagest
I've read -- and this may be pure anecdote -- that false claims about how the American forces were treating prisoners of war may have contributed to that.
Is every life really worth preserving?
codythegreen10

To deny any thought feeling or memory or the mind that harbored it... seems a bit extreme i don't know if theirs a term for it ? Maybe we should save our imperfections they in many ways are what make us human.

(I'm sorry if my entry's are not as polished as most I'm a little unrefined.)

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0Karmakaiser
Are you sure of this? I could point to many of our technological imperfections that caused great uneasiness in their day but are now considered normal and even natural. Further I could point to the eradication of diseases which were considered scourges of God and ultimately "part of the deal" or being human. Part of being a trans-humanist is a belief that contracts can and should be written as humanity becomes more technologically advanced. Now changing a personality through manufactured means is considered an acceptable treatment of Autism, Bi-Polar Disorder, ADHD, Depression and many others. Now the drugging of conscious agents against their will is a moral problem, but to deny that as an option seems to be to be backward, rather than forward thinking. If I was offered a pill that would render my innate biases inert I would have little hesitation in taking it. As I simulate the decision now, the only objections I can think of are social biases wondering what people would think of a person with a black belt in rationality.