JackEmpty comments on Out of the closet as a Positive Utilitarian - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JackEmpty 15 June 2011 05:46:26PM 0 points [-]

This seems a lot like... ignoring the bigger issues in order to maximize the happiness of self and anyone-you-might-happen-to-encounter.

In other words: Short term gain of personal happiness, long term (potential/risk for) loss of overall world-happiness.