Kaj_Sotala comments on Crossing the experiments: a baby - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 07 August 2013 02:55:01PM -2 points [-]

Negative utilitarianism implies that these people are fundamentally mistaken.

I'm not sure of what this even means. Negative utilitarianism implies one set of preferences, which not everyone shares. People who have different preferences aren't mistaken in any sense, they just want different things.