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Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 06 August 2013 05:40:44PM *  1 point [-]

Right, and I suspect the same holds for classical utilitarianism too, because there seems to be no obvious way to normalize happiness-units with suffering-units. But I know you think differently.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 07 August 2013 09:02:20AM 0 points [-]

Preference utilitarianism is not the same thing as hedonistic utilitarianism (they reach different conclusions), so you can't use one to justify the other.