MBlume comments on The Trouble With "Good" - Less Wrong

83 Post author: Yvain 17 April 2009 02:07AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 17 April 2009 03:48:09PM 2 points [-]

The SEP agrees with you:

[...] classic utilitarianism is actually a complex combination of many distinct claims, including the following claims about the moral rightness of acts:

[...] Equal Consideration = in determining moral rightness, benefits to one person matter just as much as similar benefits to any other person (= all who count count equally).

Comment author: MBlume 17 April 2009 04:01:49PM *  2 points [-]

The SEP

For just a moment I was thinking "How is the Somebody Else's Problem field involved?"