RobinZ comments on Morality as Parfitian-filtered Decision Theory? - Less Wrong

24 Post author: SilasBarta 30 August 2010 09:37PM

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Comment author: RobinZ 31 August 2010 04:06:58PM 1 point [-]

I wasn't proposing that parenthood is a joy - I may have misunderstood what SilasBarta meant by "utility function places positive weight".

Comment author: SilasBarta 01 September 2010 03:55:54PM 0 points [-]

"Utility function of agent A places positive weight on X" is equivalent to "A regards X as a terminal value".