ygert comments on Humans are utility monsters - Less Wrong

67 Post author: PhilGoetz 16 August 2013 09:05PM

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Comment author: teageegeepea 25 August 2013 03:34:39AM 0 points [-]

If I kill someone in their sleep so they don't experience death, and nobody else is affected by it (maybe it's a hobo or something), is that okay under the timeless view because their prior utility still "counts"?

Comment author: ygert 25 August 2013 04:54:12AM 0 points [-]

The obvious way to avoid this is to weight each person by their measure, e.g. the amount of time they spend alive.

Comment author: teageegeepea 25 August 2013 09:58:31PM 0 points [-]

I think total utilitarianism already does that.

Comment author: ygert 25 August 2013 10:16:25PM *  0 points [-]

Yes, that's my point (Maybe my tenses were wrong.) This answer (the weighting) was meant to be the answer to teageegeepea's question of how exactly the timeless view considers the situation.