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

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Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 27 June 2012 05:56:22PM *  1 point [-]

Exactly! I've been pointing this out too. If you assume preference utilitarianism, then killing counts as wrong, at least if the beings you kill want to stay alive further (or have detailed future plans even). So the replecement only works if you increase the number of the new beings, or make them have more satisfied preferences. The rest of the argument still works, but this is important to point out.