jsalvatier comments on A Thought Experiment on Pain as a Moral Disvalue - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jsalvatier 11 March 2011 05:01:58PM 0 points [-]

Why stop at pain? Imagine a similar experiment: you pay to cause the participant pleasure, or avoid extreme boredom or psychological distress. Similar logic seems to these as well.