[ExI] Future Bodies

[BillK]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Kelly Anderson wrote:
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> Suicide will be fine once indefinite life span is a choice too. The thing
> that makes life so valuable that it is viewed as a problem to end it is that
> it is short. With 1000 year life spans, I don't think people will frown on
> suicide quite so much.
>
>

This seems a strange comment to me.
The length of life span has no connection to the reasons people have
for suicide.

People suicide to get relief from a life which has become intolerable for them.

There are evolutionary reasons for society to generally disapprove of
suicide. We can argue that they are sick and need treatment, or we
should make life better for them. Though some suicides are to avoid
retribution for bad behaviour. And there are exceptions, like
sacrificing one's life to save others that society approve of.

But none of this connects to length of life span.

BillK