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In other words, as I posited earlier in the thread, why is sex before marriage often considered morally wrong - it's largely because of long-term consequences of the behavior. As beings who can comphrehend the future we are obliged to act in the present to protect ourselves in the future. If we have no future, I don't see the reason why we should act as if we should.

I hope that you don't mean that we are morally absolved of any wrong doing if our death is imminent.

No, it's more things simply aren't wrong (on the basis of long term harm at least) if we have no future to look forward to - this doesn't exclude the possibility that something could be wrong on another basis as well.

For example, financial prudence is generally considered a virtue - however if you only have a few weeks to live you might as well spend every cent you have on everything you ever wanted (again assuming all other financial responsibilites to children, debt, etc are taken care of) because you won't be able to take it with you when you go.