wedrifid comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 28 May 2012 06:42:20PM 4 points [-]

Re: utilitarianism: Is there any known way to resolve the Utility Monster issue?

Yes, don't be utilitarian. Seriously. The "utility monster" isn't a weird anomaly. It is just what utilitarianism is fundamentally about, but taken to an extreme where the problem is actually obvious to those who otherwise just equate 'utilitarianism' with 'egalitarianism'.