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Whither Our Duty-Free Morality
When the young emperor Caligula had recovered from a seemingly near-death paralyzing illness (status epilepticus ?) he summoned a man who was among those who had publicly offered their own lives to the gods to spare the young (then very popular) emperor.
The fellow assumed he would be honored and rewarded for his gesture. Instead, Caligula was angry that this fellow had not ended his life. It was as if he did not really want his emperor to live and even risked divine wrath upon the emperor himself for breaching his bargain with the gods. An assisted suicide ensued. And it became clear to all that Caligula was indeed [redacted] crazy.