timtyler comments on My main problem with utilitarianism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 18 April 2009 06:59:21PM 0 points [-]

Whoa! Hold your horses! I started out by saying: "I don't know what you are trying to say." Clarify definitions away - if that is the problem - which seems rather unlikely.

Comment author: conchis 18 April 2009 08:04:08PM -1 points [-]

Saying that preferences are values is tautological...

seemed more like an assertion than an attempt to seek clarification, but I apologize if I misinterpreted your intention.

The EDIT was supposed to be an attempt to clarify. Does the claim I made there make sense to you?

Comment author: timtyler 18 April 2009 09:23:13PM 0 points [-]

FWIW, to my way of thinking, we can talk about hypothetical preferences just about as easily as hypothetical values.

Comment author: conchis 18 April 2009 09:38:45PM 0 points [-]

I'm afraid that I don't understand the relevance of this to the discussion. Could you expand?

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