Hyena comments on [link] SMBC on utilitarianism and vegatarianism. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Hyena 16 October 2011 09:01:18PM 0 points [-]

First, see my thing on irrelevant critiques and context agreement.

Second, your question suggests an answer which we would generally find repugnant. We could likewsie ask whether it matters so much if, for example, they are doomed to die when a small bomb planted in their brain at birth goes off without which their birth would have not occurred.