All right: why should my definition of 'better' involve caring for others?
Well, if you really don't care at all for other people, I don't think there's much I can do to bring you around. All I can say is that suffering is suffering and pleasure is pleasure, even if you aren't the one experiencing it.
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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