That’s symmetrical with: if a future version of yourself was convinced that it deserved to not exist forever, you would infinitely prefer that your future self be unsatisfied than have its (“your”) new existence terminated.
Minimizing suffering (NegUtilism) is an arbitrary moral imperative. A moral imperative to maximize happiness (PosUtilism) is at least as valid.
as for me, i’m happy to break that symmetry and say that i’m fairly negative-utilitarian. i’d override a future me’s wish to suffer, sooner than i’d override a future me’s wish to be not happy.
I’m not a negative utilitarian, for the reason you mention. If a future version of myself was convinced that it didn’t deserve to be happy, I’d also prefer that its (“my”) values be frustrated rather than satisfied in that case, too.
That’s symmetrical with: if a future version of yourself was convinced that it deserved to not exist forever, you would infinitely prefer that your future self be unsatisfied than have its (“your”) new existence terminated.
Minimizing suffering (NegUtilism) is an arbitrary moral imperative. A moral imperative to maximize happiness (PosUtilism) is at least as valid.
as for me, i’m happy to break that symmetry and say that i’m fairly negative-utilitarian. i’d override a future me’s wish to suffer, sooner than i’d override a future me’s wish to be not happy.
I’m not a negative utilitarian, for the reason you mention. If a future version of myself was convinced that it didn’t deserve to be happy, I’d also prefer that its (“my”) values be frustrated rather than satisfied in that case, too.