ArthurB comments on Fairness and Geometry - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ArthurB 23 July 2009 02:02:00PM 0 points [-]

A speck in Adam's eye vs Eve being tortured is not a utility comparison but a happiness comparison. Happiness is hard to compare but can be compared because it is a state, utility is an ordering function. There is no utility meter.