Blueberry comments on Missed opportunities for doing well by doing good - Less Wrong

10 Post author: multifoliaterose 21 July 2010 07:45AM

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Comment author: steven0461 21 July 2010 06:00:39PM 2 points [-]

This post goes wrong in assuming maximizing utility means maximizing happiness. A terminal value isn't something that causes you happiness directly; it's something you value whether or not it causes you happiness.

Comment author: Blueberry 21 July 2010 07:38:07PM 0 points [-]

Yes. Happiness is an instrumental value, though a very useful one.