wedrifid comments on The Preference Utilitarian’s Time Inconsistency Problem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: amcknight 19 November 2011 01:41:16AM 0 points [-]

It sounds silly and arbitrary when you discharge the references:

"The universe should be made to maximise widrifid's utility (best satisfy widrifid's preferences over possible states of the universe)"

Why not replace "widfirid" with "amcknight"? The fact that you happen to be yourself doesn't sound like a good enough reason.

Comment author: wedrifid 19 November 2011 03:18:08AM 3 points [-]

It sounds silly and arbitrary when you discharge the references:

That sounds like a good description of moralizing to me!