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0 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 November 2013 12:51PM

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Comment author: solipsist 01 November 2013 02:23:57PM *  2 points [-]

Link to Nick Bostrom's infinite ethics.

Naïve intuitions about what's "greater" break with infinity, and I'm fine with that. I wouldn't say Hilbert's fully booked infinite hotel accommodates more patrons after an infinite number of unexpected guests show up than it accommodates before, and I don't treat them differently as a utilitarian either.