Kevin comments on Deontology for Consequentialists - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Alicorn 30 January 2010 05:58PM

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Comment author: Kevin 20 May 2010 07:32:31AM 4 points [-]

Hitler may not be the best example since it's not obvious to me that Hitler's death would have resulted in fewer lives lost during the genocides of the 20th century, because a universe without Hitler would have had a more powerful USSR.

Comment author: Strange7 05 August 2010 05:43:18AM 2 points [-]

For that matter, Germany could've picked a different embittered, insane would-be dictator. They weren't in short supply.