Eugine_Nier comments on Consequentialism Need Not Be Nearsighted - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 September 2011 04:08:18AM 4 points [-]

The difference is that this is an 'ought' problem rather than an 'is' problem and we have no reason to believe our values should be simple.