Here’s where I think my argumentation is flaved. I’d definitely not kill a coma patient (not fully human being since not thinking) whose chances of becoming a human are 10% but I’d definitely kill a fetus (also not thinking and not living on his own), whose chances of becoming a human being are greater than 10%.
This will sound horrible and get me downvoted. But not all human lives are worth exactly the same.
It would be wrong for me to kill an adult amnesia patient with no hope of recovery but I’d consider it less wrong than killing the same person sans amnesia.
When you kill the 10% chance of awaking patient you also kill all the experiences he has already had as well as the ones he will have. When you kill the 10% chance fetus you just kill the ones he will have.
I think the “will have” in both cases is not certain to happen due to other reasosn. The has had bit is certain.
You can deprive him of a future where he is aware of his past experiences.
Seems worse than depriving someone of a future where he dosen’t have any recollection of past experiences.
This will sound horrible and get me downvoted. But not all human lives are worth exactly the same.
It would be wrong for me to kill an adult amnesia patient with no hope of recovery but I’d consider it less wrong than killing the same person sans amnesia.
When you kill the 10% chance of awaking patient you also kill all the experiences he has already had as well as the ones he will have. When you kill the 10% chance fetus you just kill the ones he will have.
I think the “will have” in both cases is not certain to happen due to other reasosn. The has had bit is certain.
How do I exactly kill someone’s past experiences? He already had them! What I can deprive someone of is only the future, isn’t it?
You can deprive him of a future where he is aware of his past experiences. Seems worse than depriving someone of a future where he dosen’t have any recollection of past experiences.
It’s generally assumed that they’re going to die eventually. If only experiences of people who will live forever matter, nothing matters.