Preventing my death would be no more valuable to who? A happier entity would be an improvement for who? Certainly not for me. Preventing the death of an already-conscious being would be more valuable to said being; probably to most other people, too—is it okay to murder someone if you’re going to have a baby to replace them?
We already have a method for making new people, so preventing the deaths of those already here has higher priority, I think.
Preventing my death would be no more valuable to who? A happier entity would be an improvement for who? Certainly not for me. Preventing the death of an already-conscious being would be more valuable to said being; probably to most other people, too—is it okay to murder someone if you’re going to have a baby to replace them?
We already have a method for making new people, so preventing the deaths of those already here has higher priority, I think.
Preventing your death would be exactly as valuable to you as replacing you would be to the guy who replaces you.
I don’t really know any good way to argue against egoism.