Nornagest comments on Please Don't Fight the Hypothetical - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nornagest 20 April 2012 08:01:23PM *  2 points [-]

It's similar, but it's not quite a restatement. Average utilitarianism seems to suggest "torture" when presented with TvDS, for example, while it doesn't support the Repugnant Conclusion as it's usually formulated.