BerryPick6 comments on If it were morally correct to kill everyone on earth, would you do it? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: BerryPick6 01 February 2013 03:22:57PM *  2 points [-]

In what sense 'should' individuals be motivated by their CEV rather than by their non-CEV preferences? Wouldn't breaking down the word 'should' in that previous sentence give you "Individuals want to achieve a state whereby they want to achieve what a perfect version of themselves would want to achieve rather than what they want to achieve"? Isn't that vaguely self-defeating?

Comment author: MugaSofer 19 February 2013 02:00:18PM -2 points [-]

It's more a useful definition of "should" than advice using a preexisting meaning for "should".