Charles comments on One Life Against the World - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 May 2007 10:06PM

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Comment author: Charles 19 May 2007 02:22:08AM 3 points [-]

Where does this end? If a philanthropist saves one life instead of two he is damned as any murder. Surely we in the more prosperous countries could easily save many lives by cutting back on luxuries, but we choose not to (this would no doubt apply to nearly everyone in these countries) does that make us all murderers?

Comment author: phob 26 July 2010 10:55:13PM 11 points [-]

Yes. We just aren't socially condemned for it.