How long till someone, in the vain of state assisted suicide, intentionally commits a capital offence in-order to be executed by a state?
For instance, there are few barriers to an individual entering Singapore, then using the dark net to buy a great deal of drugs, then being caught and executed for it.
The principle barrier I see is: having sufficient capital to fund the project.
Potentially, suicidal individuals could partner with drug entrepreneurs who could loan the suicide candidate’s the funds to purchase the drugs, which are then passed off to the drug entrepreneurs. The profit from the venture could fund more capital intensive lifestyle interventions to improve the suicidal individuals mental health.
Alternatively, the drug entrepreneurs could rent the ‘red herring’ services of the suicide candidate, to take their place if there is heat from law-enforcement.
An altruistic suicide candidate may accept the risk of execution in exchange for the opportunity to make massive amounts of profit to then donate to LessWrong’s upkeep!
The principal barrier is that genuine suicidal motivation (in terms of willingness and ability to plan over the course of more than a few days) is incredibly rare, and not worth much effort on our part. Helping someone with suicidal thoughts to become productive is likely to be a far more rewarding path.
That said, Suicide by Cop has been a thing for a long time. There’s no need for the whole trial and state-funded execution.
An altruistic suicide candidate may accept the risk of execution in exchange for the opportunity to make massive amounts of profit to then donate to LessWrong’s upkeep!
Well… As they say, with friends like that, who needs enemies?
How often do they actually execute those arrested for buying drugs, as opposed to other punishments? Is the chance of “success” even bigger than that of suicide by hanging, for example? Because ending up imprisoned is not necessarily better than ending up mutilated. On the other hand, if someone is going to purchase illegal drugs for an overdose, is there any reason not to do it in a country with capital punishment as opposed to one in which they’d definitely face years in prison? (OK, those aren’t the only two options...)
Singapore was used as the specific example because execution is mandatory for certain quantities and they have a track record of staying true to that. The main issue is rather that in countries like Singapore, there is minimal demand for drugs relative to countries with worse law enforcement, lowering the criminal profitability.
How long till someone, in the vain of state assisted suicide, intentionally commits a capital offence in-order to be executed by a state?
For instance, there are few barriers to an individual entering Singapore, then using the dark net to buy a great deal of drugs, then being caught and executed for it.
The principle barrier I see is: having sufficient capital to fund the project.
Potentially, suicidal individuals could partner with drug entrepreneurs who could loan the suicide candidate’s the funds to purchase the drugs, which are then passed off to the drug entrepreneurs. The profit from the venture could fund more capital intensive lifestyle interventions to improve the suicidal individuals mental health.
Alternatively, the drug entrepreneurs could rent the ‘red herring’ services of the suicide candidate, to take their place if there is heat from law-enforcement.
An altruistic suicide candidate may accept the risk of execution in exchange for the opportunity to make massive amounts of profit to then donate to LessWrong’s upkeep!
The principal barrier is that genuine suicidal motivation (in terms of willingness and ability to plan over the course of more than a few days) is incredibly rare, and not worth much effort on our part. Helping someone with suicidal thoughts to become productive is likely to be a far more rewarding path.
That said, Suicide by Cop has been a thing for a long time. There’s no need for the whole trial and state-funded execution.
Well… As they say, with friends like that, who needs enemies?
How often do they actually execute those arrested for buying drugs, as opposed to other punishments? Is the chance of “success” even bigger than that of suicide by hanging, for example? Because ending up imprisoned is not necessarily better than ending up mutilated. On the other hand, if someone is going to purchase illegal drugs for an overdose, is there any reason not to do it in a country with capital punishment as opposed to one in which they’d definitely face years in prison? (OK, those aren’t the only two options...)
Singapore was used as the specific example because execution is mandatory for certain quantities and they have a track record of staying true to that. The main issue is rather that in countries like Singapore, there is minimal demand for drugs relative to countries with worse law enforcement, lowering the criminal profitability.