Individual choices affect society at large, so society has a legitimate interest in what those choices are. How that interest can be expressed, how it can be reconciled with individual freedom, is another huge topic; but we’re not just individuals whose choices have no consequences for anyone but ourselves, in this case at least.
Mmmm, transhuman goodness.
Isn’t it up to each individual, though, to decide whether or not pursuing life extension — or even life reduction — is right for them?
Individual choices affect society at large, so society has a legitimate interest in what those choices are. How that interest can be expressed, how it can be reconciled with individual freedom, is another huge topic; but we’re not just individuals whose choices have no consequences for anyone but ourselves, in this case at least.