private_messaging comments on Average utilitarianism must be correct? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: private_messaging 30 May 2014 04:41:41AM 1 point [-]

That utility function takes world as an input, I'm not sure what you mean by "world utility maximization".

Comment author: blacktrance 30 May 2014 03:31:58PM 0 points [-]

The maximization of the sum (or average) of the utilities of all beings in the world.