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

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Comment author: orthonormal 28 June 2012 11:28:39PM 0 points [-]

A population of TDT agents with different mostly-selfish preferences should end up with actions that closely resemble total utilitarianism for a fixed population, but oppose the adding of people at the subsistence level followed by major redistribution. (Or so it seems to me. And don't ask me what UDT would do.)