Lurr comments on Scope Insensitivity - Less Wrong

45 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 May 2007 02:53AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 08 February 2014 11:12:17AM 3 points [-]

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.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 February 2014 11:31:58AM 3 points [-]

Do we value saving lives independently of the good feelings we get from it?

I do, I can't speak for the rest of 'we'.

Comment author: Lurr 25 March 2014 05:35:46PM 0 points [-]

How do you know that you do?