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

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 08 April 2011 03:56:18PM 6 points [-]

if you adopt the view that morality is already factored into your utility function

(You are not necessarily able to intuitively feel what your "utility function" specifies, and moral arguments can point out to you that you are not paying attention, for example, to its terms that refer to experience of specific other people.)