Psychohistorian comments on Rationality & Criminal Law: Some Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Psychohistorian 21 June 2010 01:30:51AM 1 point [-]

Such a utility-based consideration would also lead to serious, serious problems if applied at the civil level. Businesses would basically do whatever they felt like, then hire an economist and some good lawyers to convince a trier of fact that whatever they did increased utility "on the whole."