Vladimir_Nesov comments on A Sense That More Is Possible - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 07 April 2011 05:02:17PM 6 points [-]

Your sex determines whether you benefit from side A winning, or from side B winning.

No. This sounds like you assume egoistic values, which are often incorrect. As a decision-maker, you benefit to the extent your decisions (in this case, goals about female status) are right. Which decisions are right in this situation is a nontrivial moral and factual question, on the moral question side particularly where egoistic motives can be in conflict with altruistic motives.