Randaly comments on Humans are utility monsters - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Randaly 17 August 2013 08:47:51AM *  5 points [-]

The utility monster is a concept created to critique utilitarianism. If you are not a utilitarian, then it is not a criticism of your beliefs. If you need to ask why you should care about another being's utility, and it's a serious rather than a rhetorical question, then you aren't a utilitarian.