Jayson_Virissimo comments on Rationality & Criminal Law: Some Questions - Less Wrong
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Is there an operational difference between
(1) the revealed preference of the judge for one party over the other party
and
(2) the judge performing a utility maximizing operation whereby he weighs the negative utility of one party against the positive utility of another party?
Why do we keep assuming that we can add and subtract interpersonal utility, as if we can measure them with the same "ruler"?