prase comments on Morality open thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 09 July 2012 10:01:52PM 1 point [-]

Torturing a masochist with his consent isn't evil. So you perhaps should have written "Evil, I believe, is taking UTILITY in other peoples' DISUTILITY." But then, the definition of evil equals your original definition of hate tautologically. Which may or may not be what you've intended.