I identify as a #consequentialist and a (negative) #utilitarian, I suspect that existence is probably not worth it because of the asymmetry of #qualia, and yet I have no intention of ending my own life (and I think that’s rational). Why?

When we’re #children we don’t really understand what suffering is, and we don’t even know that living is a choice. So we live.

#Teens and young adults famously tend to get closer to one of two poles: either they’re disappointed, miserable, or lost (some of those do end their lives), or they are having a great time: they’re at their prime, disease and pain are unknown to them, they discover pleasures, etc (those are happy to live).

We #adults are usually so entangled in relationships by this stage of life that even if/when we decided that non-existence beat existence for us, we wouldn’t want to cause more suffering to those who love us and those who depend on us. So we (usually) live.

#Decentralization and voluntary exchange are both inherently good things, the former one has the inherent property that it prevents the spread all forms of #corruption, the latter one implies a win-win interaction between rational agents. #morals #libertarianism #consequentialist