Comment on Making Rationality General-Interest

Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:33:50 GMT

Rationality decomposes into instrumental rationality ('winning', or effectiveness; reliably achieving one's goals) and epistemic rationality (accuracy; reliably forming true beliefs).

How do you understand 'utilitarianism'? What are the things about it that you think are unimportant or counterproductive for systematic rationality? (I'll hold off on asking about what things make utilitarianism unpopular or difficult to market, for the moment.)

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