Annoyance comments on So you say you're an altruist... - Less Wrong

11 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 12 March 2009 10:15PM

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Comment author: Annoyance 13 March 2009 04:08:44PM 5 points [-]

I wouldn't push the button if it picked people at random, although I might consider the risk of killing a valuable person worthwhile if the payoff is big enough.

I guess the real question is: what is the value of other people? It does not seem to be a trivial matter.