Alicorn comments on Consequentialism Need Not Be Nearsighted - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 04 September 2011 12:39:06AM 9 points [-]

The wolves in The Jungle Book learned to "seven times never kill Man", after learning that to hurt one man, means many other men with guns coming to kill wolves in return.

Using this to support your statement lowered my credence therein.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 04 September 2011 02:02:30AM 5 points [-]

Upvoted for reminding me that some evidence are so weak, that to offer them does actually count as evidence against. :-)