Vladimir_Nesov comments on The utility curve of the human population - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 25 September 2009 06:06:37PM *  2 points [-]

You don't value other people's lives because they value their own lives. Paperclip maximizers value paperclips, but you won't take that into account. It's not so much contribution of other people's utility functions that drives your decisions (or morality). You just want mostly the same things, and care about others' well-being (which you should to an unknown extent, but which you obviously do at least somewhat).

Comment author: wedrifid 25 September 2009 06:16:29PM 0 points [-]

I agree with that summary completely.