DanArmak comments on The Moral Status of Independent Identical Copies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 01 December 2009 06:21:35PM 1 point [-]

I assumed the meaning was 'to save one junkie with AIDS from some imminent death that has nothing to do with junkie-ness or AIDS'. I.e., I would value even a few extra months of a junkie's life over any amount of chimpanzee lives.