rwallace comments on Life Extension versus Replacement - Less Wrong

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Comment author: rwallace 30 November 2011 11:50:13AM 8 points [-]

I'm perfectly prepared to bite this bullet. Extending the life of an existing person a hundred years and creating a new person who will live for a hundred years are both good deeds, they create approximately equal amounts of utility and I believe we should try to do both.

Comment author: torekp 02 December 2011 02:20:30AM 1 point [-]

I agree. Note that this is independent of utilitarianism per se.