But this is kind of the point of my question. If someone decides they want to die (when they’re not terminally ill and in great pain so it’s not immediately obvious why) do we assume that this is evidence that they’re NOT neurotypical and immediately start treating their desires as weird brain fluctuations and trying to save them from themselves? Or do we let them do what they want even if this is an indication of mental illness? Or is there a line in the middle somewhere?
If we suppose there is a small batch of humans that profess the desire to die as a thing to do does a transhumanist immortalist jump in and try to save that batch or leave them alone?
Well, some would argue that if they’re not neurotypical (as opposed to neurotypical and stupid misguided) then we should respect their terminal values.
But this is kind of the point of my question. If someone decides they want to die (when they’re not terminally ill and in great pain so it’s not immediately obvious why) do we assume that this is evidence that they’re NOT neurotypical and immediately start treating their desires as weird brain fluctuations and trying to save them from themselves? Or do we let them do what they want even if this is an indication of mental illness? Or is there a line in the middle somewhere?
If we suppose there is a small batch of humans that profess the desire to die as a thing to do does a transhumanist immortalist jump in and try to save that batch or leave them alone?
Well, some would argue that if they’re not neurotypical (as opposed to neurotypical and stupid misguided) then we should respect their terminal values.