You think that if most people in privileged countries suddenly made maximising the total worldwide good their true goal in life, it would be a bad thing? I'd like to believe this to justify my own small extravagances, but I doubt it.
He gave a justification; you didn't. Point: jhuffman.
I'd be really interested to hear what the Less Wrong community thinks of this. Don't spoil it by reading the comments first.
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