if your mind clones are edited to not mind being shut down, then is ethically fine to shut them down? it wouldn’t violate their preference and also it would make it clear to you that you’re not a mind clone. but still feels icky. and are you indistinguishable from a mind clone when you’re not actively reflecting on your desire not to die? how similar can a mind clone be while having such a core value altered?
A person should have almost total authority over how their own mind develops, so once a modified-mind-clone exists, they should be free to be fine with being shut down (if that truly holds on reflection, which could just be ensured to be the case by stipulation, how thoroughly the modified-mind-clone needed to be modified in the first place). But it might be unethical to create them, especially if the original doesn’t endorse their creation.
if your mind clones are edited to not mind being shut down, then is ethically fine to shut them down? it wouldn’t violate their preference and also it would make it clear to you that you’re not a mind clone. but still feels icky. and are you indistinguishable from a mind clone when you’re not actively reflecting on your desire not to die? how similar can a mind clone be while having such a core value altered?
A person should have almost total authority over how their own mind develops, so once a modified-mind-clone exists, they should be free to be fine with being shut down (if that truly holds on reflection, which could just be ensured to be the case by stipulation, how thoroughly the modified-mind-clone needed to be modified in the first place). But it might be unethical to create them, especially if the original doesn’t endorse their creation.