Yeah, this is an interesting aspect of the problem for me. Is it unethical to hurt someone if you're doing it in a way that they definitely won't be able to rem

Yeah, this is an interesting aspect of the problem for me. Is it unethical to hurt someone if you're doing it in a way that they definitely won't be able to remember later? Would you like to go through extreme torture (without lasting physical damage) if you could get a guarantee that you wouldn't remember any of it once it's done? Are we who we are now, or are we our memories of our past? This is not just academical, it has practical polic consequences: our perception of how painful a procedure was is based primarily on two things: how painful it was at its worst, and how painful it was at the very end. So a procedure can seem a lot less painful if you subject the patient to pain over a longer time (instead of an intense peak) and end on a softer note. But of course, that's when you're asked to judge the painfulness of the procedure after the fact -- not while you're undergoing it. When you're undergoing it, you might want it to end quickly, even if that means higher intensity pain. Who should you satisfy? Patient on the table now, or patient tomorrow after a good night's sleep?