VAuroch comments on Rationality Quotes March 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: VAuroch 25 March 2014 08:43:57PM 0 points [-]

Where did he claim that his utility function included a term for the stranger's well-being?

Comment author: RowanE 26 March 2014 09:21:17AM 1 point [-]

I think it's implicit from when he said "if anything, I want to help people", and when he described donations that are efficient at helping anonymous strangers as "produc[ing] a giant net benefit".