CarlShulman comments on Another Critique of Effective Altruism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CarlShulman 06 January 2014 05:54:29AM *  1 point [-]

Maximizing DALY's isn't even the correct course of action under utilitarianism

That's an understatement! DALYs are defined as intrinsically bad: one DALY is the loss of one year of healthy life relative to a reference lifespan, or equivalent morbidity. QALYs are the good ones that you want to increase.

Comment author: pianoforte611 06 January 2014 01:37:36PM 1 point [-]

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