thomblake comments on Only humans can have human values - Less Wrong
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Clear thinkers who can communicate cheaply are automatically collectively a singleton with a very complex utility function. No-one generally has to attempt to agree with other agents about ethics, they only have to take actions that take into account the conditional behaviors of others.
I'm not sure what you mean by "singleton" here. Can you define it / link to a relevant definition?
http://www.nickbostrom.com/fut/singleton.html
Thanks - that's what I thought it meant, but your meaning is much more clear after reading this.