satt comments on Consequentialism Need Not Be Nearsighted - Less Wrong

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Comment author: satt 30 June 2014 09:20:46PM 1 point [-]

Would that eliminate much of the remaining creepiness from Yvain's scenario? (It scarcely makes a difference to me, though others may differ.)

Comment author: solipsist 01 July 2014 01:51:14AM 1 point [-]

It does for me. "Tax" implies social acceptance in a way that "secret police" does not.