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

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Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 27 June 2012 02:18:18PM 0 points [-]

That's been done in this paper, secion VI "The Asymptotic Gambit".

Comment author: APMason 27 June 2012 02:29:13PM *  0 points [-]

Thank you. I had expected the bottom to drop out of it somehow.

EDIT: Although come to think of it I'm not sure the objections presented in that paper are so deadly after all if you takes TDT-like considerations into account (i.e. there would not be a difference between "kill 1 person, prevent 1000 mutilations" + "kill 1 person, prevent 1000 mutilations" and "kill 2 people, prevent 2000 mutilations".) Will have to think on it some more.