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By this argument, living an entire life of suffering and then not remembering it when you’re dead would mean that it doesn’t matter and all suffering can be ign
by tectonic 5y ago
By this argument, living an entire life of suffering and then not remembering it when you’re dead would mean that it doesn’t matter and all suffering can be ignored. I hope that’s not the ethical code we settle on.
- 99_00 5y agoNo need to be concerned. Exactly zero people are concluding that suffering can be ignored because someone is ok with not remembering pain during a medically necessary surgery.
- PragmaticPulp 5y agoThe sedation prevents the memories from forming, and also prevents the person from processing what's going on. The actual pain signals are also significantly dampened. It's not equivalent to a lifetime of suffering in any way.