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Comment author: [deleted] 03 April 2013 02:26:15PM 1 point [-]

The difficulty (or even impossibility) of separating out biases from terminal values is the main problem with thinking of oneself as a VNM-utilitarian.

What? How so?

Are there other theories that don't have this problem?

(for reference, I take VNM seriously but not absolutely, and I don't take utilitarianism seriously.)

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 April 2013 07:58:19AM 2 points [-]

What? How so?

You had an entire post on the subject, you even linked to it in the OP.

Are there other theories that don't have this problem?

I'm not sure. My point was that VNM is not nearly as final a solution to morality as a lot of people around here seem to think.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 April 2013 03:34:19PM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure. My point was that VNM is not nearly as final a solution to morality as a lot of people around here seem to think.

Sorry, I read your comment as implying that it was a failure of VNM in particular.

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