wedrifid comments on Scope Insensitivity - Less Wrong
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Do we value saving lives independently of the good feelings we get from it?
Sure: there's the issues of rewards, reputation and status to consider. The effect of saving lives on the former may scale somewhat linearly - but the effect on the others certainly does not.
I do, I can't speak for the rest of 'we'.
How do you know that you do?