cousin_it comments on Value Deathism - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 October 2010 06:20PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 31 October 2010 08:01:10PM *  9 points [-]

There's no way you'd agree to receive $1000 a year before your death on condition that your family members will be tortured a minute after it. This is an example of what Vladimir means.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 07 November 2010 08:35:40PM -2 points [-]

We are confused because a human individual does not possess her own morality, but rather the morality of a "virtual agent" comprising that human's genetic lineage.