Decius comments on Mass-murdering neuroscience Ph.D. student - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Solvent 23 July 2012 10:34:41AM 1 point [-]

In case you're wondering why everyone is downvoting you, it's because pretty much everyone here disagrees with you. Most LWers are consequentialist. As one result of this, we don't think there's much of a difference between killing someone and letting them die. See this fantastic essay on the topic.

(Some of the more pedantic people here will pick me up on some inaccuracies in my previous sentence. Read the link above, and you'll get a more nuanced view.)

Comment author: Decius 27 July 2012 03:16:28PM -1 points [-]

I'm aware that my position is unpopular.

What proportion of consequentialist LWers have donated a kidney?

Comment author: gwern 27 July 2012 03:34:16PM 1 point [-]

What proportion of consequentialist LWers have donated a kidney?

Why do you care? Do you plan to say that whatever fraction it is, it is too small, and this somehow discredits consequentialism itself?