ThisSpaceAvailable comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 February 2014 01:20AM

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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 17 February 2014 06:39:15AM 2 points [-]

Huh? We aren't discussing the sibling's decision to give or not give the kidney, we're discussing the doctor's decision, given that the sibling isn't donating the kidney, to tell the patient that the sibling is a match. Are you implying that the doctor should reveal the match, so the patient will pressure the sibling into donating?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 17 February 2014 09:09:27PM 0 points [-]

That is what the basic utility calculation shows, yes.