Dolores1984 comments on A (small) critique of total utilitarianism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dolores1984 26 June 2012 11:56:46PM 3 points [-]

If you can just imagine shutting one simulation off and turning on another one, this can eliminate some of our intuitive aversions to killing and maybe it will make the conclusion less counterintuitive. Personally I'm not a total utilitarian, but I don't think that's a particularly problematic aspect of it.

As someone who plans on uploading eventually, if the technology comes around... no. Still feels like murder.