JGWeissman comments on Human values differ as much as values can differ - Less Wrong

13 Post author: PhilGoetz 03 May 2010 07:35PM

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Comment author: JGWeissman 04 May 2010 02:46:23AM 0 points [-]

Would you agree that a worthwhile concept of optimality would imply that there are no Pareto improvements that can be made to an optimum? (Though the optimum may not be Pareto superior to all alternatives.)

Comment author: PhilGoetz 04 May 2010 03:45:21AM 0 points [-]

Yes, within the assumptions of the Pareto model.