Thomas comments on Jews and Nazis: a version of dust specks vs torture - Less Wrong
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I don't think you understand the logic behind the anti-speckers's choice. It isn't that we always oppose the greater number of minor disutilities. It's that we believe that there's an actual judgment to be made given the specific disutilities and numbers involved -- you on the other hand just ignore the numbers involved altogether.
I would vaccinate everyone to eradicate Ebola which kills few. But I would not vaccinate everyone to eradicate a different disease that mildly discomforts few only slightly more so than the vaccination process itself.
The logic is: Integrate two evils through time and eliminate that which has a bigger integral!
I just don't agree with it.
May I ask if you consider yourself a deontologist, a consequentialist, or something else?