[And even he has to admit, he has memories that aren't painful. Some of them are even recent. And he came to the decision that the good outweighed the bad, if not for his own sake, then for the sake of someone else who couldn't make that decision anymore.]

That's the crux of it. They tell you you're a god, well, you can try to simulate the life you had before, or go on and be, well, a god. Forget about all that mortality entails. The other way isn't much of a choice. No "if you want" involved.

But if you don't know the difference one way or the other... it's just going to go on in circles. Can't miss what you didn't know, so does it matter? Is there a wrong if the wrong can't be perceived by the wrong?

...What have I been drinking? This is all very circular.